diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index def718cbed..16c95aa5f4 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 0af45ba830..1961facbcb 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
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@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
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diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index e07d22dcd8..a1a9138cd8 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/pom.xml
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diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index c926fe998e..c59792f80d 100644
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diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index b4fe9687a4..a2bd291aa2 100644
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index 0bd89bb804..1485e7f685 100644
--- a/bundles/admin/pom.xml
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index bce21ff1db..ebd7adbf3f 100755
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 0af7d3ec72..3fcfaaf7b8 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
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index 0f66df8406..9fe59abc6a 100644
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index 11011aecc5..3f62a31722 100644
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index c2ba30f327..45787dcc02 100644
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index 06ee98187f..ac39682a2a 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml b/plugins/tiles/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/xslt/pom.xml b/plugins/xslt/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c055cff241..34490d5e35 100644
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