diff --git a/release/pom.xml b/release/pom.xml
index d6933a3b4..652a22b3d 100644
--- a/release/pom.xml
+++ b/release/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
       <artifactId>imageio-ext-kakadujni</artifactId>
       <version>${kakadu.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>it.geosolutions.imageio-ext</groupId>
+      <artifactId>imageio-ext-png</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>