diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bcb1d74..20fead9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
@@ -104,6 +105,12 @@
             <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
             <version>1.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Include OpenAPI definition as depencency, so that Maven will check for release version during release process -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>nl.knaw.dans</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dd-dataverse-ingest-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${dd-dataverse-ingest-api.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <repositories>