diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab3e002..e0b2517 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Added support for moderation [#21342]
 - Added support for IAM authz [#21628] 
 - Added items bulk delete/purge [#21685]
+- Using UriResolverManager to get item URL in place of direct HTTP call [22549]
 
 
-## [v2.0.0]
+## [v2.0.0] [r5.2.0] - 2021-05-04
 
 - Fixed retrieving of filename from content-disposition http header used to persist a resource [#21216]
 - Fixed author and maintainer name and email [#21059] [#21189]
@@ -20,14 +21,15 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Switched JSON management to gcube-jackson [#19735]
 - Added support to publish an item organizations not matching the current context [#19365]
 
-## [v1.4.5] 
+
+## [v1.4.5] [r5.1.0] - 2021-03-31
 
 - Removed 'owner_org' field from result when reading an item [#20919]
 - Dirty patched item validator [#20965]
 - Improved error message return with message got from CKAN [#19516]
 
 
-## [v1.4.4] 
+## [v1.4.4] [r5.0.0] - 2021-02-24
 
 - Added count method for Item collection [#20627]
 - Added count method for Organization, Group and Profile collection [#20629]
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e98ed6..4b1af99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
+   			<artifactId>uri-resolver-manager</artifactId>
+   			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
index 2ef0478..816eeb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/persistence/ckan/CKANPackage.java
@@ -665,8 +665,7 @@ public class CKANPackage extends CKAN implements Moderated {
 	
 	protected String addItemURLViaResolver(JsonNode jsonNode) {
 		// Adding Item URL via Resolver
-		URIResolver uriResolver = new URIResolver();
-		String catalogueItemURL = uriResolver.getCatalogueItemURL(name);
+		String catalogueItemURL = URIResolver.getCatalogueItemURL(name);
 		addExtraField(jsonNode, EXTRAS_ITEM_URL_KEY, catalogueItemURL);
 		return catalogueItemURL;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolver.java
index 4c998e7..2b8cf2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolver.java
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 package org.gcube.gcat.utils;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
-import javax.ws.rs.InternalServerErrorException;
 import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
 import org.gcube.common.authorization.utils.manager.SecretManager;
-import org.gcube.common.gxhttp.request.GXHTTPStringRequest;
-import org.gcube.gcat.persistence.ckan.CKANInstance;
+import org.gcube.portlets.user.uriresolvermanager.UriResolverManager;
 
-import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
-
-public class URIResolver {
+public abstract class URIResolver {
 	
 	private static final String CATALOGUE_CONTEXT = "gcube_scope";
 	private static final String ENTITY_TYPE = "entity_context";
@@ -26,47 +16,16 @@ public class URIResolver {
 	
 	private static final String DATASET = "dataset";
 	
-	protected ObjectMapper mapper;
 	
-	public URIResolver() {
-		this.mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-	}
-	
-	protected StringBuilder getStringBuilder(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
-		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
-		try(BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream))) {
-			String line;
-			while((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-				result.append(line);
-			}
-		}
-		return result;
-	}
-	
-	public String getCatalogueItemURL(String name) {
+	public static String getCatalogueItemURL(String name) {
 		try {
-			String uriResolverURL = CKANInstance.getInstance().getUriResolverURL();
-			
-			ObjectNode requestContent = mapper.createObjectNode();
 			String context = SecretManager.instance.get().getContext();
-			requestContent.put(CATALOGUE_CONTEXT, context);
-			
-			requestContent.put(ENTITY_TYPE, DATASET);
-			requestContent.put(ENTITY_NAME, name);
-			
-			GXHTTPStringRequest gxhttpStringRequest = GXHTTPStringRequest.newRequest(uriResolverURL);
-			gxhttpStringRequest.from(Constants.CATALOGUE_NAME);
-			gxhttpStringRequest.header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
-			gxhttpStringRequest.isExternalCall(true);
-			String body = mapper.writeValueAsString(requestContent);
-			HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = gxhttpStringRequest.post(body);
-			
-			if(httpURLConnection.getResponseCode() != 200) {
-				throw new InternalServerErrorException("Unable to get Item URL via URI Resolver");
-			}
-			
-			String url = getStringBuilder(httpURLConnection.getInputStream()).toString();
-			
+			UriResolverManager uriResolverManager = new UriResolverManager("CTLG");
+			Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
+			params.put(CATALOGUE_CONTEXT, context);
+			params.put(ENTITY_TYPE, DATASET);
+			params.put(ENTITY_NAME, name);
+			String url = uriResolverManager.getLink(params, false);
 			return url;
 		} catch(WebApplicationException e) {
 			throw e;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolverTest.java
index dc4ccb8..8696262 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gcube/gcat/utils/URIResolverTest.java
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ public class URIResolverTest extends ContextTest {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void getURL() {
-		URIResolver uriResolver = new URIResolver();
-		String catalogueItemURL = uriResolver.getCatalogueItemURL("my_first_restful_transaction_model");
+		String catalogueItemURL = URIResolver.getCatalogueItemURL("my_first_restful_transaction_model");
 		logger.debug("Item URL is {}", catalogueItemURL);
 	}