diff --git a/python/lsst/analysis/tools/tasks/catalogMatch.py b/python/lsst/analysis/tools/tasks/catalogMatch.py
index 3c7de49c0..59cc1aceb 100644
--- a/python/lsst/analysis/tools/tasks/catalogMatch.py
+++ b/python/lsst/analysis/tools/tasks/catalogMatch.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class CatalogMatchConfig(pipeBase.PipelineTaskConfig, pipelineConnections=Catalo
 
     epoch = pexConfig.Field[float](
         doc="Epoch to which reference objects are shifted.",
-        default=2015.0,
+        default=2024.9,
     )
 
     filterNames = pexConfig.ListField[str](