diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d50430..279f452 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ### Features
 
 -  Updated pom for StorageHub 2
+-  Removed social networking library dependency #26528 
 
 ## [v1.15.0] - 2021-11-30
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 510452e..96be482 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -215,11 +215,6 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Social -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
-			<artifactId>social-networking-library</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Common Encryption -->
 		<dependency>