diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b827685..1225f8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
     <artifactId>uoa-repository-manager-service</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>war</packaging>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
         <spring.boot.version>2.5.4</spring.boot.version>