diff --git a/dhp-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/model/SparkModel.scala b/dhp-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/model/SparkModel.scala
index aa04188da..e6a1c4ccc 100644
--- a/dhp-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/model/SparkModel.scala
+++ b/dhp-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/model/SparkModel.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package eu.dnetlib.pace.model
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.{Configuration, JsonPath}
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.common.AbstractPaceFunctions
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.{DedupConfig, Type}
-import eu.dnetlib.pace.util.MapDocumentUtil
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.util.{MapDocumentUtil, SparkCompatUtils}
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.encoders.RowEncoder
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GenericRowWithSchema
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ case class SparkModel(conf: DedupConfig) {
   val orderingFieldPosition: Int = schema.fieldIndex(orderingFieldName)
 
   val parseJsonDataset: (Dataset[String] => Dataset[Row]) = df => {
-    df.map(r => rowFromJson(r))(RowEncoder(schema))
+    df.map(r => rowFromJson(r))(SparkCompatUtils.encoderFor(schema))
   }
 
   def rowFromJson(json: String): Row = {
diff --git a/dhp-shade-package/pom.xml b/dhp-shade-package/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..128a57116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-shade-package/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dhp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>dhp-shade-package</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <site>
+            <id>DHPSite</id>
+            <url>${dhp.site.stage.path}/dhp-common</url>
+        </site>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
+    <description>This module create a jar of all module dependencies</description>
+
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-actionmanager</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-aggregation</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-blacklist</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-broker-events</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-dedup-openaire</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-enrichment</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-graph-mapper</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-graph-provision</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-impact-indicators</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-stats-actionsets</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-stats-hist-snaps</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-stats-monitor-irish</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-stats-promote</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-stats-update</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-swh</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-usage-raw-data-update</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-usage-stats-build</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <mainClass>eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.SparkCreateSimRels</mainClass>
+                                </transformer>
+                                <!-- This is needed if you have dependencies that use Service Loader. Most Google Cloud client libraries do. -->
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.AppendingTransformer">
+                                    <resource>META-INF/cxf/bus-extensions.txt</resource>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/maven/**</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
+                            <relocations>
+                                <relocation>
+                                    <pattern>com</pattern>
+                                    <shadedPattern>repackaged.com.google.common</shadedPattern>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>com.google.common.**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </relocation>
+                            </relocations>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java
index 59626c141..d48351c48 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateMergeRels.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import eu.dnetlib.dhp.utils.ISLookupClientFactory;
 import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpException;
 import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpService;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.DedupConfig;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.util.SparkCompatUtils;
 import scala.Tuple3;
 import scala.collection.JavaConversions;
 
@@ -148,8 +149,7 @@ public class SparkCreateMergeRels extends AbstractSparkAction {
 			Dataset<Row> pivotHistory = spark
 				.createDataset(
 					Collections.emptyList(),
-					RowEncoder
-						.apply(StructType.fromDDL("id STRING, lastUsage STRING")));
+					SparkCompatUtils.encoderFor(StructType.fromDDL("id STRING, lastUsage STRING")));
 
 			if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(pivotHistoryDatabase)) {
 				pivotHistory = spark
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkPropagateRelation.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkPropagateRelation.java
index c64fbe4a4..c7efce4d7 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkPropagateRelation.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkPropagateRelation.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.MapFunction;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.ReduceFunction;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.*;
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.encoders.RowEncoder;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06e4ba9d4..fc68a666d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         <module>dhp-pace-core</module>
         <module>dhp-common</module>
         <module>dhp-workflows</module>
+        <module>dhp-shade-package</module>
     </modules>
 
     <issueManagement>