diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc81385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<root>
+  <facet id="jst.jaxrs">
+    <node name="libprov">
+      <attribute name="provider-id" value="jaxrs-no-op-library-provider"/>
+    </node>
+  </facet>
+</root>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index 735eb31..dcd7752 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
   <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
   <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.3"/>
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
+  <installed facet="jst.jaxrs" version="2.0"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cdfddb6..28bf3fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v1.2.1-SNAPSHOT] - 2021-10-27
+
+- [#24038] Moved to GWT 2.9.0
+
 ## [v1.2.0] - 2021-04-12
 
 [#21153] Upgrade the maven-portal-bom to 3.6.1 version
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 251cc50..0b0699b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets-widgets</groupId>
 	<artifactId>catalogue-sharing-widget</artifactId>
-	<version>1.2.0</version>
+	<version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>catalogue-sharing-widget</name>
 
 	<description>
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
+		<gwtVersion>2.9.0</gwtVersion>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<!-- <webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</webappDirectory> -->
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-portal-bom</artifactId>
-				<version>3.6.1</version>
+				<version>3.6.4</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>