diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index ecbcac193a..3ecd79b58e 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index 159df7bfa2..d80050e0ce 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 46281e78cf..d8c12a2db6 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 897150ee2b..91c3734932 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 48414d6d64..d0bac9376b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index c4f92494c7..5fffeab190 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index d6a2334e1e..82070748b7 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 77533c002f..3dfcfc73d1 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 0c36e644db..5cba970f11 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml b/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
index 84f36b7f7d..415023d340 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 25b0879980..3138dc39ba 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index ad7174ac67..20166cfb4f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-html/pom.xml b/pmd-html/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 9ef87156d7..f711a40ab8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index ac901ab7dd..e6d123c011 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index b42e4968f3..773e763b05 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index a9de2a4774..5ebcbaaaa2 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 18961bd724..9c91119822 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index 7b77315a29..52520ed9c9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
index b2c78f7d9e..ecbe9b67c5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index aa54496e58..132b9c6a41 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index 18f837f12e..5c3be1df60 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index ef7091cb7d..2783d6817a 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
index c817fcde1d..3c1e1c3aa7 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
index bf2ece7eca..dfa1368708 100644
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index ef91087756..da71270591 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index 7860589fd2..caaa746ba9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index c444754f34..7632b8a40d 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 7e0588a5d1..02e6b1e303 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 9daa0da9ce..27ab62e969 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index d9e495abbf..f2e18a2f8f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index c167b528f6..733153d749 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c7b111e49..11eefbd35a 100644
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