diff --git a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala
index a5311500..bce5f836 100644
--- a/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala
+++ b/modules/store/src/main/scala/docspell/store/queries/QItem.scala
@@ -328,17 +328,14 @@ object QItem {
     val EC = REquipment.Columns
 
     // inclusive tags are AND-ed
-    val tagSelectsIncl = (q.tagsInclude
+    val tagSelectsIncl = q.tagsInclude
       .map(tid =>
         selectSimple(
           List(RTagItem.Columns.itemId),
           RTagItem.table,
           RTagItem.Columns.tagId.is(tid)
         )
-      ) ++ q.tagCategoryIncl.map(cat =>
-      TagItemName.itemsInCategory(NonEmptyList.of(cat))
-    ))
-      .map(f => sql"(" ++ f ++ sql") ")
+      ) ++ q.tagCategoryIncl.map(cat => TagItemName.itemsInCategory(NonEmptyList.of(cat)))
 
     // exclusive tags are OR-ed
     val tagSelectsExcl =
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 820b2287..353a2ab1 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val Fs2Version              = "2.4.4"
   val H2Version               = "1.4.200"
   val Http4sVersion           = "0.21.8"
-  val Icu4jVersion            = "67.1"
+  val Icu4jVersion            = "68.1"
   val JsoupVersion            = "1.13.1"
   val KindProjectorVersion    = "0.10.3"
   val Log4sVersion            = "1.8.2"