diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 8e93909..ec4aea0 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE xml>
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-publishing.document-store-lib-couchdb.1-3-0" date="${buildDate}">
+		<Change></Change>	
+	</Changeset>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-publishing.document-store-lib-couchdb.1-2-0" date="2017-10-09">
+		<Change>Implemented isConnectionActive() added in PersistenceBackend</Change>	
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-publishing.document-store-lib-couchdb.1-1-1" date="2017-03-16">
 		<Change>Implemented the new api to close connection (if any) to persistence introduced by document-store-lib.1-5-0</Change>
 	</Changeset>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 338823d..7b71f2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.data.publishing</groupId>
 	<artifactId>document-store-lib-couchdb</artifactId>
-	<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>Document Store CouchDB Connector</name>
 	<description>Document Store Connector for CouchDB</description>
 
@@ -23,12 +23,23 @@
 		<developerConnection>scm:https://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/data-publishing/${project.artifactId}</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/data-publishing/${project.artifactId}</url>
 	</scm>
+	
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
+				<artifactId>gcube-bom</artifactId>
+				<version>LATEST</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.data.publishing</groupId>
 			<artifactId>document-store-lib</artifactId>
-			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
@@ -38,7 +49,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
index 67d4cd0..2f96362 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/documentstore/persistence/PersistenceCouchDB.java
@@ -83,4 +83,14 @@ public class PersistenceCouchDB extends PersistenceBackend {
 		return record;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected void clean() throws Exception {
+		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isConnectionActive() throws Exception {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 }