diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 43fe5cc859..be475493eb 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index 6bc824665a..fc2ba24031 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 407f03410e..4777730a4f 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 94683e767c..11543904a7 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 15c5bd6a27..89b400dbb0 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index 81cb0f2eb5..f2c07c41f7 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 2e8c86c31d..69d391e2b2 100644
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 4d4b61918f..8463f04177 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index bd2ef253c2..55ce8291cb 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 9d97a707f0..34d9f01759 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index f24f07db38..5d5c279c47 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 59b511121b..89ed3e4663 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index c8ff815351..89c0a1b78f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 2e85b2a9f6..4c59c9125d 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index c6f9c98403..0fa2cdfbaa 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 59e9a0968e..2aaf5dfbd3 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index ef6c67969a..f228d2e7c3 100644
--- a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
index 9053517bb1..dad08e6495 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index 4749644676..99e2f44a0b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index 3b94ff1440..7ff224dbf7 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index 44d6b89069..a327ad8411 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index c80890ab1f..0cdffaa08c 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 59457decc2..21d5314926 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 817c323a25..e8080a421a 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 465d86c3d6..700ee6d797 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index 113add2caf..f6e0d8ac7a 100644
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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 ec70ba3f96..f74e8d8a32 100644
--- a/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 33ebf0f415..5bdc8c3b42 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
index bcfc48229f..ce16d894d0 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index c24a3c0e80..3b211f56c9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index aaf923bd66..0006dc0c83 100644
--- a/pmd-swift/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index fa505dce52..efce5e15d5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 3774bdb5ed..710821dbc9 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index f120804c9a..944340b89e 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 475136345d..8000b4e297 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a4c72e0da..9e2f329b3b 100644
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
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