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-        <version>1.6.0-alpha.4</version>
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         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml b/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
index 114e276d11..b89c5e3ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
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diff --git a/drivers/gae/pom.xml b/drivers/gae/pom.xml
index 6aefd08e6d..0de4ea0cd4 100644
--- a/drivers/gae/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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         <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-alpha.4</version>
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         <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
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     <groupId>org.jclouds.driver</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/joda/pom.xml b/drivers/joda/pom.xml
index a3481e416b..20e1ccb344 100644
--- a/drivers/joda/pom.xml
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diff --git a/drivers/jsch/pom.xml b/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
index 730c016272..c311cdd654 100644
--- a/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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-        <version>1.6.0-alpha.4</version>
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diff --git a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
index dda2cf9d02..2c6db55b8c 100644
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diff --git a/drivers/netty/pom.xml b/drivers/netty/pom.xml
index ba79105cfc..b52819dccd 100644
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diff --git a/drivers/pom.xml b/drivers/pom.xml
index 1bf301aea3..bc476ec72c 100644
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diff --git a/labs/aws-elb/pom.xml b/labs/aws-elb/pom.xml
index 3b05d1c6cd..cb05801636 100644
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diff --git a/labs/aws-iam/pom.xml b/labs/aws-iam/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/aws-rds/pom.xml b/labs/aws-rds/pom.xml
index 4a723f522e..e23ea1d3e6 100644
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diff --git a/labs/azure-management/pom.xml b/labs/azure-management/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/carrenza-vcloud-director/pom.xml b/labs/carrenza-vcloud-director/pom.xml
index 63af31a1af..e59dd96af5 100644
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diff --git a/labs/cdmi/pom.xml b/labs/cdmi/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/cloudstack-ec2/pom.xml b/labs/cloudstack-ec2/pom.xml
index 7977d608a6..c653d992cf 100644
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diff --git a/labs/dmtf/pom.xml b/labs/dmtf/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/dynect/pom.xml b/labs/dynect/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/elb/pom.xml b/labs/elb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/fgcp-au/pom.xml b/labs/fgcp-au/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/fgcp-de/pom.xml b/labs/fgcp-de/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/fgcp/pom.xml b/labs/fgcp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/google-compute/pom.xml b/labs/google-compute/pom.xml
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--- a/labs/google-compute/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/greenqloud-compute/pom.xml b/labs/greenqloud-compute/pom.xml
index 31fa1bbe41..e65bdc8860 100644
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diff --git a/labs/greenqloud-storage/pom.xml b/labs/greenqloud-storage/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/iam/pom.xml b/labs/iam/pom.xml
index f38c276287..3e24fce391 100644
--- a/labs/iam/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/jenkins/pom.xml b/labs/jenkins/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/joyent-cloudapi/pom.xml b/labs/joyent-cloudapi/pom.xml
index f3f517d0c9..2bc66cd7d4 100644
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diff --git a/labs/joyentcloud/pom.xml b/labs/joyentcloud/pom.xml
index 7ab0c29485..49866849f1 100644
--- a/labs/joyentcloud/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/labs/nodepool/pom.xml b/labs/nodepool/pom.xml
index 921ebe8c52..7d4f42cb2c 100644
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diff --git a/labs/oauth/pom.xml b/labs/oauth/pom.xml
index 9455f6f17e..b00c031850 100644
--- a/labs/oauth/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
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--- a/labs/openstack-glance/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-quantum/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml b/labs/openstack-swift/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/opsource-servers/pom.xml b/labs/opsource-servers/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/pom.xml b/labs/pom.xml
index fe744fc50a..f9997c932a 100644
--- a/labs/pom.xml
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diff --git a/labs/rds/pom.xml b/labs/rds/pom.xml
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