diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index e43402f..002ad57 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index ec4300d..2f5cc74 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enablePreviewFeatures=disabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.reportPreviewFeatures=ignore
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=disabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4c6c37..205501a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 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] - [2020-10-08]
+## [v1.3.0-SNAPSHOT]
 
-adoption of gcube-smartgears-bom.2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+- updated gcat-client version [#21530]
+- adoption of gcube-smartgears-bom.2.0.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fc5311..8b2f168 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.access</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ckan-connector</artifactId>
-	<version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>ckan connector</name>
 	<description>a ckan connector for automatic login</description>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 				<artifactId>gcube-smartgears-bom</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>2.1.0</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.data-publishing</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.data-catalogue</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gcat-client</artifactId>
-			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<version>[2.0.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.test-framework.providers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-test-framework-provider-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.13</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>