diff --git a/etc/ivysettings.xml b/etc/ivysettings.xml
index e686f5813a8..0600e8c8fb6 100644
--- a/etc/ivysettings.xml
+++ b/etc/ivysettings.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
           usepoms="true" useMavenMetadata="true"
           m2compatible="true"
           root="https://nexus.senbox.net/nexus/content/groups/public/"/>
+      <ibiblio name="gs-artifactory" cache="maven"
+          usepoms="true" useMavenMetadata="true"
+          m2compatible="true"
+          root="https://artifacts.glencoesoftware.com/artifactory/omero-plus/"/>
 
     <!-- Main resolver which has as its first resolver the location
     where all our jars will be published -->
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@
         <resolver ref="user-maven"/>
         <resolver ref="maven"/>
         <resolver ref="ome-artifactory"/>
+        <resolver ref="gs-artifactory"/>
     </chain>
 
     <!-- Resolver for OME dependencies-->
diff --git a/etc/omero.properties b/etc/omero.properties
index 38706176a52..a980f953af0 100644
--- a/etc/omero.properties
+++ b/etc/omero.properties
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ versions.velocity=1.4
 versions.omero-pypi=https://pypi.io/packages/source/o/PACKAGE
 versions.omero-scripts-url=${versions.omero-pypi}
 
+# hard coded, should not be picked up by scc for now!
+versions.omero-zarr-pixel-buffer=0.6.1
+
 ###
 ### Appended Values
 ###
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index 3aa6af6d2e9..759a457762f 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
     <dependency org="ome" name="formats-gpl" rev="${versions.bioformats}"/>
     <!-- Extensions for bundling into the release -->
     <dependency org="ome" name="OMEZarrReader" rev="${versions.OMEZarrReader}"/>
+    <dependency org="com.glencoesoftware.omero" name="omero-zarr-pixel-buffer" rev="${versions.omero-zarr-pixel-buffer}"/>
   </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>