diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a75bb5e..c817cb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 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).
 
-## [v2.6.1-SNAPSHOT] - 2023-03-31
+## [v2.6.1] - 2023-03-31
 
 - minor fix for pom dependency
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc49a50..4c9ef1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>my-vres</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.6.1</version>
 	<name>My VREs Portlet</name>
 	<description>
 		gCube My VREs Portlet shows only the VO and VREs a user is member of, divided by category.
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portal.auth</groupId>
 			<artifactId>portal-auth-library</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0-2.0.0)</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>