diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6eda59b..a4b8a08 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gcube-widgets</artifactId>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 
@@ -357,7 +358,6 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<descriptors>
 						<descriptor>${distroDirectory}/descriptor.xml</descriptor>