diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index ca9c31d..a26c2a7 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.GWT_CONTAINER"/>
-	<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="owner.project.facets" value="java"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 443e085..6e80039 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-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.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index 4f92af5..f4bf050 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
   <installed facet="jst.utility" version="1.0"/>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 67cc056..758d6ca 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-catalogue.ckan-util-library.2-3-0"
+		date="2017-05-01">
+		<Change>Pom fixes</Change>
+		<Change>Moved to java 8</Change>
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-catalogue.ckan-util-library.2-2-1"
 		date="2017-04-01">
 		<Change>Some minor changes</Change>
@@ -6,7 +11,8 @@
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-catalogue.ckan-util-library.2-2-0"
 		date="2017-02-01">
 		<Change>Added method to delete/purge group</Change>
-		<Change>Project structure and so packages are changed (gwt-widget like structure)</Change>
+		<Change>Project structure and so packages are changed (gwt-widget like
+			structure)</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-catalogue.ckan-util-library.2-1-0"
 		date="2016-12-01">
@@ -23,8 +29,10 @@
 		<Change>Added Factory in order to reduce the number of created
 			instances of the utils class(cache)
 		</Change>
-		<Change>Added code to discover a new Application Profile (see ticket #4925)</Change>
-		<Change>Added methods to manage group creation, assing a user/product to a group</Change>
+		<Change>Added code to discover a new Application Profile (see ticket
+			#4925)</Change>
+		<Change>Added methods to manage group creation, assing a user/product
+			to a group</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-catalogue.ckan-util-library.1-0-0"
 		date="2016-06-01">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 662e9d2..3e0ce44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data-catalogue</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ckan-util-library</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>CKan utility library</name>
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 	<properties>
 		<serviceClass>data-catalogue</serviceClass>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 		<jackanVersion>0.4.2</jackanVersion>
 		<postgresVersion>9.4.1208.jre7</postgresVersion>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -104,11 +102,11 @@
 			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.data-catalogue</groupId>
-			<artifactId>gcubedatacatalogue-metadata-discovery</artifactId>
-			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-		</dependency>
+		<!-- <dependency> -->
+		<!-- <groupId>org.gcube.data-catalogue</groupId> -->
+		<!-- <artifactId>gcubedatacatalogue-metadata-discovery</artifactId> -->
+		<!-- <version>[3.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version> -->
+		<!-- </dependency> -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
 			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
@@ -146,10 +144,6 @@
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
-				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
 			<plugin>
@@ -212,9 +206,6 @@
 							<mainClass>fully.qualified.MainClass</mainClass>
 						</manifest>
 					</archive>
-					<!-- <descriptorRefs> -->
-					<!-- <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef> -->
-					<!-- </descriptorRefs> -->
 				</configuration>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>