diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index be475493eb..5697071519 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 fc2ba24031..add57cacad 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 4777730a4f..3a5b8baa85 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 11543904a7..9a2e1f73d6 100644
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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 89b400dbb0..16a218ffcb 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index f2c07c41f7..6cb0d6cf73 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 69d391e2b2..1575d40f66 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 8463f04177..120154f459 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 55ce8291cb..18a3d0d28a 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
index 5d5c279c47..61baf2b8c9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 89ed3e4663..246d4e724b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index 89c0a1b78f..318e38a082 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 4c59c9125d..417de06881 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index 0fa2cdfbaa..4580722684 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 2aaf5dfbd3..384e31e80b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index f228d2e7c3..d138311451 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
index dad08e6495..aa86e5adab 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index 99e2f44a0b..b6e09e11d1 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index 7ff224dbf7..d4cd60d9b0 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index a327ad8411..0371376c9f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 0cdffaa08c..e6fc6e13b9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 21d5314926..06a17a3508 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index e8080a421a..6874aceeab 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 700ee6d797..7e7337c031 100644
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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 5bdc8c3b42..f0371d6c2c 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 ce16d894d0..cfc266253a 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index 3b211f56c9..8be793a5d4 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 0006dc0c83..c714ee6a67 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index efce5e15d5..f6e41ef144 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 710821dbc9..3e2bd2cfac 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 944340b89e..dfbecb3abc 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 8000b4e297..c52f923011 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e2f329b3b..42669441d9 100644
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