diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 2233030f1c..7b76870bb6 100644
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index 3e444cc471..9baa18655d 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index dca1d45f8a..e2361f53c8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 123d0e7bd1..2f4fe307d8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index cfcc7615bd..46b406404f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index 2548d9b8f0..e57e148462 100644
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index 743a66d9cd..b77c13c794 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 33cf4e541c..d7efa78eb6 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index a22eae5013..dd6fa46982 100644
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index bc51a8b29c..9d6968722f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
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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
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index 5ac928ff1f..aef7e87297 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 091328f734..fe2ab49465 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index b7f70ab1be..1e3f4d514c 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 2239d1205c..ec7d9b69d9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index 398ab27a46..e27208451e 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index 31d8e6b9f4..245eedb85a 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 3809338632..1238d997f8 100644
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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
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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 40295e3672..b1153b87e1 100644
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index ae1767782d..9e51936ed5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index f6ff0f1b6f..52c29f1c68 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 2a7d093f3a..58007565c1 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 5ae0b46b3a..05b9abb61e 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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