diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 7d4bba10dc..3ad41f68c6 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 f3d44793e2..6a1a4d2eef 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 a75622df58..2cbb7c9407 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 9ffab2b575..60d7bbeacc 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 eecb1d5112..3d7e1f9acd 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index 6ace4fca18..5eaa9ee2c5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 3ec093302f..c7974d49bf 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 920d67f488..99a3d6418b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 5f730b4bb3..cc7c11e492 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 15c8475ba9..9c07750283 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index adb35da8c9..b540eefeee 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index 51894ff9f6..4fc4fba09f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 118387e5af..c59b03c986 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index 0dcf3ecd34..569b32944a 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 6f3d5a0f93..2569bb4532 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index 702913a0ab..53aca66687 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
index 644723749d..4c83c67ad5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
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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 a6fce5c539..3b730a98e8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index fa6942b24a..c574095cd8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 3ed1ce9043..b275a79aef 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index 0f03ee3fdb..32a93cc916 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 3f1be05706..ab87d05213 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
index c0b5ebfb4b..35e5653a3b 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
index d5f0d6cae8..bff1c9a0c1 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 ae35867c2e..2ad6db27ef 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index c73b444255..0c9edce665 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index c7e7fe811c..6dc0d9e7a5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index e4ab960124..881a6ff734 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 21758173c1..9a4418c020 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 6c21a5cd80..6f8dbfff04 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 92f5758639..659b6a4608 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a99c9ea51a..e1cfea686f 100644
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