diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 23c4456..b76d8d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-<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">
+<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>
 	<groupId>edu.harvard.hms.dbmi.bd2k.irct</groupId>
 	<artifactId>IRCT-API</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0-Development</version>
+	<version>1.0</version>
 	<name>INTER-RESOURCE COMMUNICATION TOOL : API</name>
 	<description></description>
 	<dependencies>
+		<!-- APACHE HTTP CLIENT -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>edu.harvard.hms.dbmi.bd2k.irct</groupId>
-			<artifactId>IRCT-RI</artifactId>
-			<version>1.0-Development</version>
+			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+			<version>4.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax</groupId>