diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 067a9f0..4f1d674 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [v3.7.1-SNAPSHOT] - 2023-12-06
+
+- removed deps for social networking library
 
 ## [v3.7.0] - 2023-03-30
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e08649f..5bfbbc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 	<artifactId>maven-portal-bom</artifactId>
-	<version>3.7.0</version>
+	<version>3.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/maven-portal-bom.git</connection>
@@ -168,186 +168,12 @@
 				<version>[1.2.0, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<!-- Social Networking Library -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
-				<artifactId>social-networking-library</artifactId>
-				<version>[1.16.2,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 				<artifactId>notifications-common-library</artifactId>
 				<version>[1.5.0,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 				<scope>provided</scope>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.google</groupId>
-				<artifactId>gwt-jsonmaker</artifactId>
-				<version>1.2.1</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.netflix.astyanax</groupId>
-				<artifactId>astyanax-core</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.netflix.astyanax</groupId>
-				<artifactId>astyanax-thrift</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.netflix.astyanax</groupId>
-				<artifactId>astyanax-cassandra</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.cassandra.deps</groupId>
-				<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-				<version>1.4.0-cassandra-1</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
-				<artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2.5</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
-				<artifactId>cassandra-thrift</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2.5</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
-				<artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
-				<version>0.9.2</version>
-				<exclusions>
-					<exclusion>
-						<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-						<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.ning</groupId>
-				<artifactId>compress-lzf</artifactId>
-				<version>0.8.4</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.googlecode.concurrentlinkedhashmap</groupId>
-				<artifactId>concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.github.stephenc.high-scale-lib</groupId>
-				<artifactId>high-scale-lib</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-				<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-				<version>1.9.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-				<artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-				<version>1.9.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.github.stephenc</groupId>
-				<artifactId>jamm</artifactId>
-				<version>0.2.5</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-				<artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3.1</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>jline</groupId>
-				<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-				<version>0.9.94</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-				<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-				<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-				<version>1.1</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
-				<artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.3</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
-				<artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.commons-csv</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0-r706900_3</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
-				<artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-				<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
-				<artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0.4.1</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>edu.stanford.ppl</groupId>
-				<artifactId>snaptree</artifactId>
-				<version>0.1</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>stax</groupId>
-				<artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0.1</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-				<artifactId>stringtemplate</artifactId>
-				<version>3.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>com.eaio.uuid</groupId>
-				<artifactId>uuid</artifactId>
-				<version>3.2</version>
-				<scope>provided</scope>
-			</dependency>
 			<!-- End Social Networking Library -->
 			<!-- portal core -->
 			<dependency>