diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-workflow-profiles/pom.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-workflow-profiles/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>dhp-workflows</artifactId>
+        <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+        <version>1.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>dhp-workflow-profiles</artifactId>
+
+</project>
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