diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e135422..bf441d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 
 
+[v0.4.2] - 2023-09-14
+---------------------
+
+Fixed
+~~~~~
+
+* removes specific xpath of `_hierachy_level` which depends on `codeList` attribute to collect the codeListValue anyway
+
 
 [v0.4.1] - 2023-05-26
 ---------------------
diff --git a/ows_lib/__init__.py b/ows_lib/__init__.py
index 914505a..48fcd7c 100644
--- a/ows_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/ows_lib/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.1"
+__version__ = "0.4.2"
 VERSION = __version__  # synonym
diff --git a/ows_lib/xml_mapper/iso_metadata/iso_metadata.py b/ows_lib/xml_mapper/iso_metadata/iso_metadata.py
index b5688c6..e8e5a18 100644
--- a/ows_lib/xml_mapper/iso_metadata/iso_metadata.py
+++ b/ows_lib/xml_mapper/iso_metadata/iso_metadata.py
@@ -289,8 +289,15 @@ class MdMetadata(BaseIsoMetadata):
     file_identifier = xmlmap.StringField(
         xpath="gmd:fileIdentifier/gco:CharacterString")
     # language = xmlmap.StringField(xpath=f"{NS_WC}identificationInfo']//{NS_WC}language']/{NS_WC}LanguageCode']")
+
+    # TODO: add a default value such as http://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode for example?
+    _hierarchy_level_code_list = xmlmap.StringField(
+        xpath="gmd:hierarchyLevel/gmd:MD_ScopeCode/@codeList"
+
+    )
     _hierarchy_level = xmlmap.StringField(
-        xpath="gmd:hierarchyLevel/gmd:MD_ScopeCode[@codeList='http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/codelist/ML_gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode']/@codeListValue")
+        xpath="gmd:hierarchyLevel/gmd:MD_ScopeCode/@codeListValue")
+
     _date_stamp_date = xmlmap.DateField(xpath="gmd:dateStamp/gco:Date")
     _date_stamp_date_time = xmlmap.DateTimeField(
         xpath="gmd:dateStamp/gco:DateTime")