diff --git a/pmd-ant/pom.xml b/pmd-ant/pom.xml
index 2d24dc491c..81f8573204 100644
--- a/pmd-ant/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index a89fbebb49..60d81fe072 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-cli/pom.xml b/pmd-cli/pom.xml
index 415b1a72eb..5bcf96a670 100644
--- a/pmd-cli/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-coco/pom.xml b/pmd-coco/pom.xml
index 4dafe93c48..1878fb213d 100644
--- a/pmd-coco/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index a0067a6174..96e57a287d 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml b/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
index 921d7515cd..c1fd886f33 100644
--- a/pmd-cpp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-cs/pom.xml b/pmd-cs/pom.xml
index 3641191746..3442fdf5d0 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index e5e54e3987..510ca62413 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 4ca2949d3a..51ef703714 100644
--- a/pmd-dist/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index 7aa5ad9343..5d07769786 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 128c8c857a..b491d2d077 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml b/pmd-gherkin/pom.xml
index b054c8552f..c309e618ca 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index 4bdaa9b8e3..325f14e6c9 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index 40fad655a7..426a8210f6 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-html/pom.xml b/pmd-html/pom.xml
index 06ca2d4c23..50baba1437 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 354802ca58..10a9e0a6e4 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-javascript/pom.xml b/pmd-javascript/pom.xml
index 5fea2f05ec..8747051ee1 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index a4452b174e..4dce04a3e5 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-julia/pom.xml b/pmd-julia/pom.xml
index 72bb59e026..f2798586ff 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 0a7cf896ef..fc3cc2d87e 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index fe39bb602d..39825e1c43 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml b/pmd-languages-deps/pom.xml
index 358ecf6234..c5d46bb8f5 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 4cc4232138..2ea9a35c4f 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index 83e9f19c5e..a898054a5b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index d45fab3959..9837dd0332 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index b2d709d222..46e9c0a877 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 4aa8fffef4..41b2b76965 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index cefb499611..7aff7dcb97 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index 30961424e9..3835f09804 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index d480993717..81760802ff 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 02e24ea8bb..63845e1532 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 de0ac943c8..2ffdc507a5 100644
--- a/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 eba570c541..c069b0bb89 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 198560d743..a11d1672a8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml b/pmd-test-schema/pom.xml
index 5744a993a5..b7723abf52 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index ea1d1c0700..60f7394d8e 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-tsql/pom.xml b/pmd-tsql/pom.xml
index f3f513368a..13eee8ebd7 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-velocity/pom.xml b/pmd-velocity/pom.xml
index 305f484614..b15804aeb8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 150a52cae1..7e34e9c5a2 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 6e6876f751..6ac6867cd3 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81df4e149e..4e3b53f677 100644
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     <packaging>pom</packaging>
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
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