diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index 16c95aa5f..63d839ee3 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 1961facbc..988470dfd 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
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@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
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     <artifactId>struts2-rest-showcase</artifactId>
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+    <version>6.5.0</version>
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     <description>Struts 2 Rest Showcase Example</description>
 
diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index 228a8b396..493224953 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/pom.xml
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     <artifactId>struts2-showcase</artifactId>
diff --git a/assembly/pom.xml b/assembly/pom.xml
index 8ea907564..64b23130b 100644
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diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index a2bd291aa..7ceff99bb 100644
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@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
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     <artifactId>struts2-bom</artifactId>
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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
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index 1485e7f68..050912b93 100644
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diff --git a/bundles/demo/pom.xml b/bundles/demo/pom.xml
index ad74c9648..8760613f3 100644
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index ebd7adbf3..64336a28c 100755
--- a/bundles/pom.xml
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4027d37e7..5689f0cf8 100644
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index f789b404d..fb2261488 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/gxp/pom.xml b/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml b/plugins/javatemplates/pom.xml
index 9fe59abc6..841bb2ed8 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml b/plugins/jfreechart/pom.xml
index ee88bc120..93e6f6c3c 100644
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index 3f62a3172..5a6012acf 100644
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index 6b0b02d57..2582bfa8f 100644
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index 45787dcc0..3cb69e200 100644
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index ac39682a2..7b673b9d2 100644
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index 4cce2037d..dfa0e9a39 100644
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index 27f729071..fc6552cb8 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/tiles/pom.xml b/plugins/tiles/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 65977ba85..ad320398f 100644
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