diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 72f01c4163..2cf9896d8a 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 473bfcf45c..bb28833513 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 a3ebcabd59..49dc48ef47 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 5f11172e24..253f4b79b3 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
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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 55f9fbaa9f..bcbcb3ce76 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index f2173be168..0121bd43f2 100644
--- a/pmd-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 02f008a1a8..e335116ad8 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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     <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 984b3e06f3..7c0df29aa0 100644
--- a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 9f2c516adc..781d4df99b 100644
--- a/pmd-go/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index 5aee548f38..6a3c9de6ac 100644
--- a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index f81e45e1ea..4dcd2386e0 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index d4c1005c64..7851003dc1 100644
--- a/pmd-java8/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 84f399df59..40f1077a77 100644
--- a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index f473dd4d0c..38fccb8f28 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index 757764cc53..73b9d0f7eb 100644
--- a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index 0264314bf0..e43873e5dd 100644
--- a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 116db247b1..ea2052116d 100644
--- a/pmd-perl/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index e041942837..fc99a3c9a1 100644
--- a/pmd-php/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-php/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 1eb481e094..b72eea950c 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 953055093d..37cecb5d6b 100644
--- a/pmd-python/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index 95a570951b..028b503591 100644
--- a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index 647f06d8ad..40f8094ed8 100644
--- a/pmd-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 362e5e9b52..f84fd9490f 100644
--- a/pmd-swift/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index a4cc370be4..ab3891b0d3 100644
--- a/pmd-test/pom.xml
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pmd-ui/pom.xml b/pmd-ui/pom.xml
index 8dea8dd2cc..b4402edac2 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index c6a9f694a4..aea3a0a990 100644
--- a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
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     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index f886e1b29c..8384b639fc 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 2193f89a27..6adba840e1 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 489c55796e..d4c9ad3745 100644
--- a/pom.xml
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