diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
index 549988767f..2b9559867e 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
@@ -206,11 +206,16 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 			.load(DedupUtility.createSimRelPath(testOutputBasePath, testActionSetId, "otherresearchproduct"))
 			.count();
 
-		assertEquals(3082, orgs_simrel);
-		assertEquals(7036, pubs_simrel);
+		assertEquals(3076, orgs_simrel);
+		assertEquals(7040, pubs_simrel);
 		assertEquals(336, sw_simrel);
 		assertEquals(442, ds_simrel);
-		assertEquals(6750, orp_simrel);
+		assertEquals(6784, orp_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("org_simrel = " + orgs_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("pub_simrel = " + pubs_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("sw_simrel = " + sw_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("ds_simrel = " + ds_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("orp_simrel = " + orp_simrel);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -258,10 +263,14 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 			.count();
 
 		// entities simrels supposed to be equal to the number of previous step (no rels in whitelist)
-		assertEquals(3082, orgs_simrel);
-		assertEquals(7036, pubs_simrel);
+		assertEquals(3076, orgs_simrel);
+		assertEquals(7040, pubs_simrel);
 		assertEquals(442, ds_simrel);
-		assertEquals(6750, orp_simrel);
+		assertEquals(6784, orp_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("org_simrel = " + orgs_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("pub_simrel = " + pubs_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("ds_simrel = " + ds_simrel);
+//		System.out.println("orp_simrel = " + orp_simrel);
 
 		// entities simrels to be different from the number of previous step (new simrels in the whitelist)
 		Dataset<Row> sw_simrel = spark
@@ -288,6 +297,7 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 				.count() > 0);
 
 		assertEquals(338, sw_simrel.count());
+//		System.out.println("sw_simrel_count = " + sw_simrel.count());
 
 	}
 
@@ -435,11 +445,16 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 			.load(testOutputBasePath + "/" + testActionSetId + "/otherresearchproduct_mergerel")
 			.count();
 
-		assertEquals(1272, orgs_mergerel);
-		assertEquals(1438, pubs_mergerel);
+		assertEquals(1268, orgs_mergerel);
+		assertEquals(1444, pubs_mergerel);
 		assertEquals(286, sw_mergerel);
 		assertEquals(472, ds_mergerel);
-		assertEquals(718, orp_mergerel);
+		assertEquals(738, orp_mergerel);
+//		System.out.println("org_simrel = " + orgs_mergerel);
+//		System.out.println("pub_simrel = " + pubs_mergerel);
+//		System.out.println("sw_simrel = " + sw_mergerel);
+//		System.out.println("ds_simrel = " + ds_mergerel);
+//		System.out.println("orp_simrel = " + orp_mergerel);
 
 	}
 
@@ -483,11 +498,16 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 				testOutputBasePath + "/" + testActionSetId + "/otherresearchproduct_deduprecord")
 			.count();
 
-		assertEquals(85, orgs_deduprecord);
-		assertEquals(65, pubs_deduprecord);
+		assertEquals(86, orgs_deduprecord);
+		assertEquals(67, pubs_deduprecord);
 		assertEquals(49, sw_deduprecord);
 		assertEquals(97, ds_deduprecord);
-		assertEquals(89, orp_deduprecord);
+		assertEquals(92, orp_deduprecord);
+//		System.out.println("org_simrel = " + orgs_deduprecord);
+//		System.out.println("pub_simrel = " + pubs_deduprecord);
+//		System.out.println("sw_simrel = " + sw_deduprecord);
+//		System.out.println("ds_simrel = " + ds_deduprecord);
+//		System.out.println("orp_simrel = " + orp_deduprecord);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -566,13 +586,18 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 			.distinct()
 			.count();
 
-		assertEquals(896, publications);
-		assertEquals(838, organizations);
+		assertEquals(898, publications);
+		assertEquals(839, organizations);
 		assertEquals(100, projects);
 		assertEquals(100, datasource);
 		assertEquals(198, softwares);
 		assertEquals(389, dataset);
-		assertEquals(517, otherresearchproduct);
+		assertEquals(520, otherresearchproduct);
+//		System.out.println("publications = " + publications);
+//		System.out.println("organizations = " + organizations);
+//		System.out.println("softwares = " + softwares);
+//		System.out.println("dataset = " + dataset);
+//		System.out.println("orp = " + otherresearchproduct);
 
 		long deletedOrgs = jsc
 			.textFile(testDedupGraphBasePath + "/organization")
@@ -627,6 +652,8 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 		long relations = jsc.textFile(testDedupGraphBasePath + "/relation").count();
 
 		assertEquals(4860, relations);
+//		System.out.println("relations = " + relations);
+
 
 		// check deletedbyinference
 		final Dataset<Relation> mergeRels = spark
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 603a4cf1e1..86adee9022 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
 		<dnet-actionmanager-api.version>[4.0.3]</dnet-actionmanager-api.version>
 		<dnet-actionmanager-common.version>[6.0.5]</dnet-actionmanager-common.version>
 		<dnet-openaire-broker-common.version>[3.1.6]</dnet-openaire-broker-common.version>
-		<dnet-pace-core.version>[4.1.7]</dnet-pace-core.version>
+		<dnet-pace-core.version>[4.1.12]</dnet-pace-core.version>
 		<cnr-rmi-api.version>[2.6.1]</cnr-rmi-api.version>
 		<solr.version>7.5.0</solr.version>
 		<okhttp.version>4.7.2</okhttp.version>