diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f06c338aa7316b8acef2b77704805470fb12f9f..9e26be04cac365ca42e79cbc67345a6ab5f819ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent-pom-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.1</version>
+        <version>1.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>label-extractor</artifactId>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
             <artifactId>blocks</artifactId>
-            <version>${blocks.version}</version>
+            <version>5.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>