diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index d059f91b8..2ee519eb6 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
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diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 5a6eb5ed3..158c522db 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
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@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
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diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index d92b2a68c..e5205086d 100644
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diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 255b623c5..8d00d2b3b 100644
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diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index b372f1eaa..f4993cc38 100644
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 1a0b2784f..2065b105f 100644
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/pom.xml
index ed1424eb3..124d491ef 100644
--- a/jakarta/pom.xml
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diff --git a/jakarta/velocity-tools-jsp-jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/velocity-tools-jsp-jakarta/pom.xml
index 182ee58ad..869b34638 100644
--- a/jakarta/velocity-tools-jsp-jakarta/pom.xml
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diff --git a/jakarta/velocity-tools-view-jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/velocity-tools-view-jakarta/pom.xml
index 650d1722a..90a8754d4 100644
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diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 1211bd853..f4d9d9ac0 100644
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/plugins/async/pom.xml b/plugins/async/pom.xml
index cf46ecd21..bd0e11c5b 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml b/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml
index 8ad202a02..5dfe2afcf 100644
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index d6a476e46..2f28bbda8 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml b/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml
index 44a0e6936..c5b96cbcd 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/convention/pom.xml b/plugins/convention/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
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index 7c573d282..110561d49 100644
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index 90525b8a0..5149ce5f0 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/rest/pom.xml b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
index bf816d9cb..70ff859da 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/spring/pom.xml b/plugins/spring/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/velocity/pom.xml b/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/xslt/pom.xml b/plugins/xslt/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d687a2991..95fef8f0f 100644
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