diff --git a/examples/dictionaryservice/pom.xml b/examples/dictionaryservice/pom.xml
index bd10faf..afdf745 100644
--- a/examples/dictionaryservice/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/dictionaryservice/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
     <artifactId>felix</artifactId>
     <version>0.9.0-incubator-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../pom/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <packaging>osgi-bundle</packaging>