diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 187439b..285c630 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 	</parent>
   <groupId>org.gcube.contentmanagement</groupId>
   <artifactId>storage-manager-core</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <properties>
+  		<distroDirectory>${project.basedir}/distro</distroDirectory>
+  </properties>
   <scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
@@ -51,4 +54,4 @@
 			<version>1.8</version>
 		</dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>