diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 47dd22b916..f91920f42a 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index 609aa33a68..b4198c43de 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 2dc62bc914..87eeb56382 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 59c96568e1..6c1afc3598 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 0b2cee8858..ed0b08c8a2 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index e8c21179a9..a641064570 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 5de1e9a742..31d205d621 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index a3448db1e9..cd9448586f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index e4371a2c72..3939016bdb 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml b/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
index 0d945e42ae..28401eb2f8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 7397a31fe0..9280e5b98a 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index 62309c014f..76e95aaa07 100644
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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 2f0a76c7cd..986b04f583 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index c968f3d816..a6fa49cf5e 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index bb5ac08ac0..0afc0b2071 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index ae988a398b..e8af172953 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 519ab09d1a..7bd1af3de1 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index 4bc27597c3..0e01a8bf7a 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 6f26905e63..bb3f871216 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index a5cb1ffdb8..771db5a6e3 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index c467fadfeb..4ea684ec5b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 7a37da9b7f..252267fb0f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 0ada10b5be..3de37211c9 100644
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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
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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 8e33096b10..b8cc9a7840 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 8077b8bf26..7bf9a750c6 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index df9d89c9c2..6b60904692 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 5f80f72d6b..11b83f4f83 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index b4d976407a..8eac17a2eb 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index 9ae652cbce..4cdcedeb2e 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 5ab604b7aa..6c0495a877 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 13517295a5..48702f5049 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c56ade34a3..004cc31fa9 100644
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