diff --git a/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+resource_checker_se_plugin_install: False
+resource_checker_se_plugin_upgrade: False  
+resource_checker_se_plugin_version: 1.0.0-4.4.0-146988
+# resource_checker_se_plugin_version: 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+resource_checker_se_plugin_group_id: 'org.gcube.information-system'
+resource_checker_se_plugin_name: 'resource-checker-se-plugin'
+resource_checker_se_plugin_extension: 'jar'
+resource_checker_se_plugin_classifier: 'jar-with-dependencies'
+resource_checker_se_plugin_file: '{{ resource_checker_se_plugin_name }}-{{ resource_checker_se_plugin_version }}-jar-with-dependencies.{{ resource_checker_se_plugin_extension }}'
diff --git a/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- block:
+    - name: Remove the old resource checker plugin 
+      shell: rm -f {{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smart_executor_name }}/WEB-INF/lib/resource-checker-se-plugin-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar
+      when:  resource_checker_se_plugin_upgrade
+
+    - name: Install the resource checker plugin inside the smart executor lib directory
+      maven_artifact: artifact_id={{ resource_checker_se_plugin_name }} version={{ resource_checker_se_plugin_version | default(omit) }} group_id={{ resource_checker_se_plugin_group_id }} extension={{ resource_checker_se_plugin_extension | default('war') }} repository_url={{ smartgears_global_base_url }} classifier={{ resource_checker_se_plugin_classifier }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smart_executor_name }}/WEB-INF/lib/{{ resource_checker_se_plugin_file }}
+      notify: Restart smartgears
+
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
+  when: resource_checker_se_plugin_install
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'resource_checker_se', 'tomcat' ]