diff --git a/src/titiler/application/tests/routes/test_cog.py b/src/titiler/application/tests/routes/test_cog.py
index e69a0b501..0bcb751b8 100644
--- a/src/titiler/application/tests/routes/test_cog.py
+++ b/src/titiler/application/tests/routes/test_cog.py
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ def test_wmts(rio, app):
         "http://testserver/cog/tiles/WebMercatorQuad/{TileMatrix}/{TileCol}/{TileRow}@1x.png?url=https"
         in response.content.decode()
     )
+    assert (
+        "<ows:SupportedCRS>http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857</ows:SupportedCRS>"
+        in response.content.decode()
+    )
 
     response = app.get(
         "/cog/WMTSCapabilities.xml?url=https://myurl.com/cog.tif&tile_scale=2&tile_format=jpg"
@@ -78,6 +82,13 @@ def test_wmts(rio, app):
         in response.content.decode()
     )
 
+    response = app.get(
+        "/cog/WMTSCapabilities.xml?url=https://myurl.com/cog.tif&use_epsg=true"
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.headers["content-type"] == "application/xml"
+    assert "<ows:SupportedCRS>EPSG:3857</ows:SupportedCRS>" in response.content.decode()
+
 
 @patch("rio_tiler.io.rasterio.rasterio")
 def test_tile(rio, app):
diff --git a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/factory.py b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/factory.py
index 6fcf0b282..7cb9b7fd4 100644
--- a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/factory.py
+++ b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/factory.py
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ def add_route_dependencies(
                     route.dependant.dependencies.insert(  # type: ignore
                         0,
                         get_parameterless_sub_dependant(
-                            depends=depends, path=route.path_format  # type: ignore
+                            depends=depends,
+                            path=route.path_format,  # type: ignore
                         ),
                     )
 
@@ -778,6 +779,12 @@ def wmts(
                 Optional[int],
                 Query(description="Overwrite default maxzoom."),
             ] = None,
+            use_epsg: Annotated[
+                bool,
+                Query(
+                    description="Use EPSG code, not opengis.net, for the ows:SupportedCRS in the TileMatrixSet (set to True to enable ArcMap compatability)"
+                ),
+            ] = False,
             layer_params=Depends(self.layer_dependency),
             dataset_params=Depends(self.dataset_dependency),
             tile_params=Depends(self.tile_dependency),
@@ -807,6 +814,7 @@ def wmts(
                 "minzoom",
                 "maxzoom",
                 "service",
+                "use_epsg",
                 "request",
             ]
             qs = [
@@ -839,6 +847,11 @@ def wmts(
                         </TileMatrix>"""
                 tileMatrix.append(tm)
 
+            if use_epsg:
+                supported_crs = f"EPSG:{tms.crs.to_epsg()}"
+            else:
+                supported_crs = tms.crs.srs
+
             return self.templates.TemplateResponse(
                 "wmts.xml",
                 {
@@ -847,6 +860,7 @@ def wmts(
                     "bounds": bounds,
                     "tileMatrix": tileMatrix,
                     "tms": tms,
+                    "supported_crs": supported_crs,
                     "title": "Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF",
                     "layer_name": "cogeo",
                     "media_type": tile_format.mediatype,
diff --git a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/templates/wmts.xml b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/templates/wmts.xml
index 8305851ce..897d0acbd 100644
--- a/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/templates/wmts.xml
+++ b/src/titiler/core/titiler/core/templates/wmts.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <ows:Operation name="GetCapabilities">
             <ows:DCP>
                 <ows:HTTP>
-                    <ows:Get xlink:href="{{ request.url }}">
+                    <ows:Get xlink:href="{{ request.url | escape }}">
                         <ows:Constraint name="GetEncoding">
                             <ows:AllowedValues>
                                 <ows:Value>RESTful</ows:Value>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <ows:Operation name="GetTile">
             <ows:DCP>
                 <ows:HTTP>
-                    <ows:Get xlink:href="{{ request.url }}">
+                    <ows:Get xlink:href="{{ request.url | escape }}">
                         <ows:Constraint name="GetEncoding">
                             <ows:AllowedValues>
                                 <ows:Value>RESTful</ows:Value>
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
         </Layer>
         <TileMatrixSet>
             <ows:Identifier>{{ tms.id }}</ows:Identifier>
-            <ows:SupportedCRS>{{ tms.crs.srs }}</ows:SupportedCRS>
+            <ows:SupportedCRS>{{ supported_crs }}</ows:SupportedCRS>
             {% for item in tileMatrix %}
             {{ item | safe }}
             {% endfor %}
         </TileMatrixSet>
     </Contents>
-    <ServiceMetadataURL xlink:href="{{ request.url }}" />
+    <ServiceMetadataURL xlink:href="{{ request.url | escape }}" />
 </Capabilities>