diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bc13d8..456f254 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gcube-bom</artifactId>
 	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>gCube BOM</name>
 	<description>This artifact contains gCube commons library version declaration for dependency management</description>