diff --git a/pmd-ant/pom.xml b/pmd-ant/pom.xml
index 7001eeddfc..7d0912834b 100644
--- a/pmd-ant/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 08acecc562..7f9c850efe 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
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index 9e1d37e0be..5e9f983a50 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cli/pom.xml b/pmd-cli/pom.xml
index 5d65824a77..d2320ec884 100644
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index 621b770cde..b45ffb8e7f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index beb01403db..3652024381 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
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index 4af69e4c3c..f95008ba11 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index dede831b74..778f4c8ce3 100644
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index 554b2cb809..cc1ce67345 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 8c3f7c1dff..efb93c4683 100644
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index 5aa05f62c3..e2e653b907 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml b/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
index 1497253688..7dd00d4577 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
index 7579a061f3..2642308cca 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index 79aba91e81..7f8a9daf48 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 de32016435..c062ae45df 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index 875e5865a9..adca9daa4c 100644
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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 4ee23319cd..4370399da0 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index d9c4a8a26c..f0d80f8310 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index d23562dfd7..147cb45f7c 100644
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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
index 7ed8689213..f0a309bd0d 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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diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.12/pom.xml
index d469b60e45..8d0d5733a3 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 2663300d8b..168f92b4da 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index cd7697bdbf..67dc8af9cb 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 044b0c5e2b..8a2aa5129f 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-tsql/pom.xml b/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
index 78040dad45..5c1c6d9083 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index f54f52a63f..66022f5d7c 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 493832e65d..df318faf1e 100644
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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 d3b62eeb93..7750aa43a2 100644
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