diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f94554..f654ce0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 ## [v1.6.2] - 2022-07-12
 
  - Ported to git and GWT 2.8.2
+ - Removed social networking library dependency #26527
 
 ## [v1.5.0] - 2017-11-29"
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 091c0d1..b640898 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@
 			<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
 			<version>2.6.2</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- should be provided -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
-			<artifactId>social-networking-library</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.social-networking</groupId>
+			<artifactId>social-service-model</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.2.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0)</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteService.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteService.java
index 804ec79..2524086 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteService.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.client;
 
-import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.InviteOperationResult;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteOperationResult;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteServiceAsync.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteServiceAsync.java
index d892276..b044d59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteServiceAsync.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/InviteServiceAsync.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.client;
 
-import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.InviteOperationResult;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteOperationResult;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/ui/FormViewImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/ui/FormViewImpl.java
index 40dc442..dc31df3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/ui/FormViewImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/client/ui/FormViewImpl.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 package org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.client.ui;
 
-import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.InviteOperationResult;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteOperationResult;
 import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.client.InviteService;
 import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.client.InviteServiceAsync;
 import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.client.validation.FormView;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/server/InviteServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/server/InviteServiceImpl.java
index 0a3a8a1..5fa06c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/server/InviteServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/server/InviteServiceImpl.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.server;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.gcube.common.portal.PortalContext;
-import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.InviteOperationResult;
+import org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.shared.InviteOperationResult;
 import org.gcube.portal.invites.InvitesManager;
 import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.inviteswidget.client.InviteService;
 import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.GroupManager;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/InvitesWidget.gwt.xml b/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/InvitesWidget.gwt.xml
index fe892e5..33eb57e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/InvitesWidget.gwt.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/inviteswidget/InvitesWidget.gwt.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 	<!-- Other module inherits -->
 	<inherits name="org.jsonmaker.gwt.Gwt_jsonmaker" />
-	<inherits name='org.gcube.portal.databook.GCubeSocialNetworking' />
+	<inherits name='org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.GCubeSocialNetworking' />
 
 	<!-- Specify the app entry point class. -->
 	<entry-point