diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 782e29e..7029643 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@
 			<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
 			<version>1.4.01</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<!--needs to be provided -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.social-networking</groupId>
+			<artifactId>social-service-model</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.2.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0)</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.social-networking</groupId>
 			<artifactId>social-service-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml b/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml
index 4d6f7bb..bb51680 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<inherits name='org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubewidgets.WidgetFactory' />
 	<inherits name='org.gcube.portlets.widgets.userselection.UserSelection' />
 	<inherits name='org.gcube.portlets.widgets.pickitem.PickItem' />
-	<inherits name='org.gcube.portal.databook.GCubeSocialNetworking' />
+	<inherits name='org.gcube.social_networking.socialnetworking.model.GCubeSocialNetworking' />
 	
 	 <inherits name="org.gcube.portlets.widgets.imagepreviewerwidget.ImagePreviewer" />