diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 59b46f9c38..dbfc5b9711 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 5c33abf73c..ef1dc455d0 100644
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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 6f5493567b..1aa19c3272 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 87f954640e..f4ada09b70 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 52c7d1dbe7..aab298eeb2 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index 5f006bb22a..f19b9da762 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 1be187bc4d..d6f67b7321 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 9bb64a0ab6..005c671b01 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 1724b12ba2..1aa1cd7aba 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 54bf73a6a4..fb3474b651 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 1efdd890d2..98531b2948 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index bf2601ed1b..155af52b33 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index bee08b28dd..a2e9b8d659 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index fb7e865134..af8c0769e8 100644
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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 cd0ceb4a19..4048249db5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
index 0b2340a026..6fd499cfd6 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index 11e364df12..9d88adca68 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index fd11ca2b72..feb1bf3a43 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 986b82c9d2..8c0d1e8252 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
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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
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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 94fd598749..6883a43a11 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
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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 a687762e46..13c8eb17b7 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index 1053bd03d4..de19cd5b35 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index b4d6f03dcb..68204af341 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index f3d1807a21..b4b8f435d1 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index a8fc9584bd..33fdcd50ae 100644
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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
index 81c919e46e..739e033315 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1cb1c70a9f..156c1f6c16 100644
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
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