diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34575f8d960e27b21886ed3542f47b621e44e010..a45fa442480f37bab4dca31539a7293652cc42d5 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>sequence-blocks</artifactId>
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
             <artifactId>blocks</artifactId>
+            <version>5.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>