diff --git a/smartgears/ckan_connector/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/ckan_connector/defaults/main.yml
index 7b36849e..2896f5a9 100644
--- a/smartgears/ckan_connector/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/ckan_connector/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-gcube_repository: 'gcube-snapshots'
+gcube_repository: 'gcube-staging'
 ckan_connector_plugin_install: False
-ckan_connector_ver: 1.0.0
-ckan_connector_name: 'ckan_connector-{{ ckan_connector_ver }}-20160627.090904-1.war'
-ckan_connector_url: 'http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/{{ gcube_repository }}/org/gcube/data/access/ckan_connector/{{ ckan_connector_ver}}-SNAPSHOT/{{ ckan_connector_name }}'
+ckan_connector_ver: 1.0.0-4.0.0-129609
+ckan_connector_name: 'ckan_connector-{{ ckan_connector_ver }}-{{ ckan_connector_ver }}.war'
+ckan_connector_url: 'http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/{{ gcube_repository }}/org/gcube/data/access/ckan_connector/{{ ckan_connector_ver}}/{{ ckan_connector_name }}'
 ckan_connector_war_file: ckan-connector.war
 ckan_connector_user: ckan_connector
diff --git a/smartgears/ckan_connector/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/ckan_connector/tasks/main.yml
index 1fa412ff..ed6400fc 100644
--- a/smartgears/ckan_connector/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/ckan_connector/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - block:
-    
+
+    - name: Remove the installed CKAN connector before upgrading
+      file: dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/ckan-connector state=absent
+      when: smartgears_upgrade
+
     - name: Get the CKAN connector war file
       get_url: url={{ ckan_connector_url }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ ckan_connector_war_file }}