diff --git a/pmd-ant/pom.xml b/pmd-ant/pom.xml
index 5c4125cd5a..26e41e525d 100644
--- a/pmd-ant/pom.xml
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index 6833809386..df4c01214d 100644
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index 947608f176..ec1a0cedc0 100644
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index 5ba018fdcd..5350b5b8d3 100644
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index 4c33a140e5..2f57145455 100644
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index 81963bc8ba..4f64a2da65 100644
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index 230e95adca..4af69e4c3c 100644
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index 83f86be7f7..dede831b74 100644
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index 93815a3862..1497253688 100644
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index dd442e6598..c2a592ae8d 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
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index ccaa0bd266..40a6c1628d 100644
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index b4a6accd9d..4244c31537 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 6c41f877fc..044b0c5e2b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-tsql/pom.xml b/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
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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
index f48ab339bd..8245e6c548 100644
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