diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 94e2a7e..39d4bfc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@
 			<artifactId>social-service-client</artifactId>
 			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0)</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
+					<artifactId>social-networking-library</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.socialnetworking</groupId>