diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index bf08e59..798c90f 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/target/generated-sources/gwt"/>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="pickuser-widget-0.4.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/pickuser-widget/pickuser-widget">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
         <property name="context-root" value="news-feed"/>
   </wb-module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49682ba..fab5918 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>news-feed</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>gCube News Feed Portlet</name>
 	<description>
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>