diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f26762..40a2c7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 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).
 
-## [v2.5.2] - 2020-10-16
+## [v2.5.2] - 2020-10-19
 
 Bug Fix 
 
-[#19978] LiferayUserManager#listMembershipRequestsByGroup issue in returned list
+[#19978] LiferayUserManager#listMembershipRequestsByGroup issue in returned list and improved AcceptMembershipRequests method 
 
 ## [v2.5.1] [r4.25.0] - 2020-07-10
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/LiferayUserManager.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/LiferayUserManager.java
index 182561f..38174cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/LiferayUserManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vomanagement/usermanagement/impl/LiferayUserManager.java
@@ -973,16 +973,17 @@ public class LiferayUserManager implements UserManager {
 	public GCubeMembershipRequest acceptMembershipRequest(long requestUserId,long groupId, boolean addUserToGroup, String replyUsername, String replyComment) throws UserManagementSystemException, GroupRetrievalFault, UserManagementPortalException {
 		try {
 			GCubeUser replyMan = getUserByUsername(replyUsername);
-			List<GCubeMembershipRequest> requests = listMembershipRequestsByGroup(groupId);
-			for (GCubeMembershipRequest req : requests) {
-				if (req.getRequestingUser().getUserId() == requestUserId) {
+			List<MembershipRequest> requests = MembershipRequestLocalServiceUtil.getMembershipRequests(requestUserId, groupId, 0);
+			//List<GCubeMembershipRequest> requests = listMembershipRequestsByGroup(groupId);
+			for (MembershipRequest req : requests) {
+				if (req.getUserId() == requestUserId) {
 					MembershipRequestLocalServiceUtil.updateStatus(replyMan.getUserId(), req.getMembershipRequestId(), replyComment, 1, addUserToGroup, new ServiceContext());
 					//the method above just adds the user to the VRE, it is needed to add the user to the parent Sites as well (VO and RootVO)
 					assignUserToGroup(GroupLocalServiceUtil.getGroup(groupId).getParentGroupId(), requestUserId); 
-
+					_log.info("Accepted membership request: requestUserId="+requestUserId);
 					return mapLRMembershipRequest(MembershipRequestLocalServiceUtil.getMembershipRequest(req.getMembershipRequestId()));
 				}
-			}
+			}			
 
 		} catch (UserRetrievalFault e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();