diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 27f6a59bc9..7f56c45552 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 ad068a4616..954ef285fc 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 8e1104295b..8bd486f1bf 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 e26064c774..47ee7bafa1 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 40e3f23acb..0df0985351 100644
--- a/pmd-cs/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-dart/pom.xml b/pmd-dart/pom.xml
index eabcc876cb..ec22a7c44f 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-dist/pom.xml b/pmd-dist/pom.xml
index 0ead2d2cb9..82c6168386 100644
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index d51840b031..df8d240857 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-fortran/pom.xml b/pmd-fortran/pom.xml
index 3295e9c3db..14a61c9298 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-go/pom.xml b/pmd-go/pom.xml
index d435077412..92b1e6b177 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-groovy/pom.xml b/pmd-groovy/pom.xml
index 0ce81734dd..ea576ce6a5 100644
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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 c49855c3b6..65b96f121e 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index 3602af9d6a..e201426582 100644
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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 09a9249f4d..eeb38c71c9 100644
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml b/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
index e29af644af..b98fc4ec21 100644
--- a/pmd-jsp/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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diff --git a/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml b/pmd-kotlin/pom.xml
index 4115c679e6..bd628ea726 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml b/pmd-lang-test/pom.xml
index c46054358d..0f62f4ebf0 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-lua/pom.xml b/pmd-lua/pom.xml
index d6f2a81e9f..d98a84b391 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-matlab/pom.xml b/pmd-matlab/pom.xml
index 2b86753f5c..42c8e1e744 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-modelica/pom.xml b/pmd-modelica/pom.xml
index 8e7357bc4a..9be7bf6eaf 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml b/pmd-objectivec/pom.xml
index 0e146059d6..4486534fe8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 421cd917b1..83bea4efaf 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-php/pom.xml b/pmd-php/pom.xml
index 106ffb0e13..c380bcda67 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-plsql/pom.xml b/pmd-plsql/pom.xml
index c5d089632e..4687c4244b 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-python/pom.xml b/pmd-python/pom.xml
index b88ddf1ad3..53c60e84e8 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-ruby/pom.xml b/pmd-ruby/pom.xml
index 14a31d7da1..63f325cf93 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 b70b791637..830aa2775e 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 8f536d3cd1..1486f3b590 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 019f7d2033..786a67deef 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala_2.13/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-scala/pom.xml b/pmd-scala/pom.xml
index 775218171a..17bfba8fc0 100644
--- a/pmd-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pmd-swift/pom.xml b/pmd-swift/pom.xml
index 7d5d771e8f..a53e38e93e 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-test/pom.xml b/pmd-test/pom.xml
index 437cb42971..1cc87ca4bc 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml b/pmd-visualforce/pom.xml
index 8d44168e44..65c96ceea3 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-vm/pom.xml b/pmd-vm/pom.xml
index 9c814e6716..e47c8580d1 100644
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diff --git a/pmd-xml/pom.xml b/pmd-xml/pom.xml
index 347c6f9675..d8100c9852 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e39468c78..1d26778d1c 100644
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     <packaging>pom</packaging>
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
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