diff --git a/pmd-ant/pom.xml b/pmd-ant/pom.xml
index bc57065dc2..b78dde0c38 100644
--- a/pmd-ant/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index 1c1c8045fe..260ed5f093 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-cli/pom.xml b/pmd-cli/pom.xml
index adca9527ba..9310e7d19a 100644
--- a/pmd-cli/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-coco/pom.xml b/pmd-coco/pom.xml
index 147966f7b6..b9d5c58f3c 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 531a06515f..8e7fcc69fb 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index a42c4f850a..33d5a7fab5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 0eec39f809..ab65ef9f85 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index 496115127b..712a517fa9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 9ad286e9a4..d678afd804 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index c0b7991017..9cd4cce3a5 100644
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index 94bc7d94bd..d0e8d2d0a3 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml b/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
index 6aee2c1be5..962c5df4e3 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 4df297ebc9..d6c1f307d1 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index bf716ac77c..d0a6a86166 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-html/pom.xml b/pmd-html/pom.xml
index 86f19c7c01..f69377fd48 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 2d82829d15..684357d311 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index ea4d55938d..e2c573e60d 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-julia/pom.xml b/pmd-julia/pom.xml
index ac3ed6eed1..c0274b3394 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 40f19513de..74801b5840 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index 49f8aade09..97faed1615 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml b/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml
index 38f0d009e8..4585d63162 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 42a69e2497..2cece277f7 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index d551bc25a1..2a68dbbd51 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index 197c6dac58..c8b75bb765 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 3cb972b403..8bb50a572d 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 88f09db7a4..6ba5c6d9dc 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 26a5614255..0d427df186 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 30326faeeb..11975a4348 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index 9acaabbf96..41684ffbe7 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 80ad4da7bd..e220e39d7a 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 3f73f1cbfb..f18e317508 100644
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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 ee66fca93a..c72f6c3a8e 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 023fa8dd39..9f3e7cfb0f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 43a990e8dc..eba0a7ae73 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index 0fd57a4437..626b390eaa 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-tsql/pom.xml b/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
index e3a2489eff..0ca382140f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-velocity/pom.xml b/pmd-velocity/pom.xml
index 905cd6b41c..371a275b88 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 164795a623..19548ea836 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 1d19200b86..8b91ba5ca1 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de14b5c3ae..81f600916c 100644
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
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