diff --git a/pmd-ant/pom.xml b/pmd-ant/pom.xml
index 26e41e525d..5c4125cd5a 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 df4c01214d..6833809386 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
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index ec1a0cedc0..947608f176 100644
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index 5350b5b8d3..5ba018fdcd 100644
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index 2f57145455..4c33a140e5 100644
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index dede831b74..83f86be7f7 100644
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index 1497253688..93815a3862 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-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index c2a592ae8d..dd442e6598 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-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
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index 40a6c1628d..ccaa0bd266 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 4244c31537..b4a6accd9d 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 044b0c5e2b..6c41f877fc 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-tsql/pom.xml b/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
index 78040dad45..c37a8a7763 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index f54f52a63f..7188f4257a 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 5c66d5330f..7c09ceae6d 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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