diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8fea8b..5fdda50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 			<artifactId>workspace-application-handler</artifactId>
 			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- JSON PARSER -->