diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afe3c07..5e8e136 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@
 
 	<description>gCube CMS Suite is a set of components designed to manage complex space-temporal Documents defined by metadata Profiles.</description>
 
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<geotools.version>8.0-M4</geotools.version>
+		<geoAPI-version>3.0.1</geoAPI-version>
+		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
+		<gitBaseUrl>https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem</gitBaseUrl>
+
+		<!-- default properties -->
+		<gcube-smartgears-bom-version>2.5.1</gcube-smartgears-bom-version>
+		<storagehub-version-range>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT,3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</storagehub-version-range>
+		<plugin-framework-version>1.0.6</plugin-framework-version>
+		<authorization-utils-range>[2.0.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</authorization-utils-range>
+	</properties>
+
 	<profiles>
 		<!-- PROD profile -->
 		<profile>
@@ -25,42 +39,27 @@
 				</property>
 			</activation>
 			<properties>
-				<gcube-smartgears-bom-version-p>2.5.1</gcube-smartgears-bom-version-p>
-				<plugin-framework-version-p>1.0.6</plugin-framework-version-p>
-				<authorization-utils-range-p>[2.0.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</authorization-utils-range-p>
+				<gcube-smartgears-bom-version>2.5.1</gcube-smartgears-bom-version>
+				<plugin-framework-version>1.0.6</plugin-framework-version>
+				<authorization-utils-range>[2.0.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</authorization-utils-range>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 		<!-- DEV profile -->
 		<profile>
 			<id>geoportal-snapshot-profile</id>
 			<activation>
-				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
 				<property>
 					<name>!Release</name>
 				</property>
 			</activation>
 			<properties>
-				<gcube-smartgears-bom-version-p>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</gcube-smartgears-bom-version-p>
-				<plugin-framework-version-p>1.0.6-SNAPSHOT</plugin-framework-version-p>
-				<authorization-utils-range-p>[2.0.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</authorization-utils-range-p>
+				<gcube-smartgears-bom-version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</gcube-smartgears-bom-version>
+				<plugin-framework-version>1.0.6-SNAPSHOT</plugin-framework-version>
+				<authorization-utils-range>[2.0.0, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</authorization-utils-range>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 
-	<properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<geotools.version>8.0-M4</geotools.version>
-		<geoAPI-version>3.0.1</geoAPI-version>
-		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
-		<gitBaseUrl>https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem</gitBaseUrl>
-
-		<!-- default properties -->
-		<storagehub-version-range>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT,3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</storagehub-version-range>
-		<gcube-smartgears-bom-version>${gcube-smartgears-bom-version-p}</gcube-smartgears-bom-version>
-		<plugin-framework-version>${plugin-framework-version-p}</plugin-framework-version>
-		<authorization-utils-range>${authorization-utils-range-p}</authorization-utils-range>
-	</properties>
-
 
 
 	<scm>