diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index 12c6fc2986..cb7a32de41 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-cli/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-cli/pom.xml
index f76a228311..3672d45dab 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-cli/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
index 423d55a8b4..4f60c0eb89 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-di/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-di/pom.xml
index 47aa098da9..21716c4c03 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-di/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
index ef35444e51..7f0f89b179 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-meta/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-metadata/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-metadata/pom.xml
index 4b13460c4f..234e35cf38 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-metadata/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
index 44dc6e6b46..37c67d1a56 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-model/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-plugin/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-plugin/pom.xml
index 55f9819f18..789384ee30 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
index 57f9a5bfb7..8179ad33cc 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-settings/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-spi/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-spi/pom.xml
index 6a3fa56f70..ef6e5b3ba1 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-spi/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
index e96a030395..8d22b6a775 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-toolchain/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml b/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
index 497f6b49ac..4e70f3e57b 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-xml/pom.xml
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diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index aef8d3869c..cff05ae1e3 100644
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diff --git a/compat/maven-artifact/pom.xml b/compat/maven-artifact/pom.xml
index 49f5856a48..f6d26055a5 100644
--- a/compat/maven-artifact/pom.xml
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diff --git a/compat/maven-builder-support/pom.xml b/compat/maven-builder-support/pom.xml
index e9f91b1b17..78e3a66072 100644
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diff --git a/compat/maven-compat/pom.xml b/compat/maven-compat/pom.xml
index 91ce59b89b..e3ffb88105 100644
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/compat/maven-embedder/pom.xml b/compat/maven-embedder/pom.xml
index a1e4cbedc8..377955a9ac 100644
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diff --git a/compat/maven-model-builder/pom.xml b/compat/maven-model-builder/pom.xml
index 59a83b300d..3e4e2ed802 100644
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diff --git a/compat/maven-model/pom.xml b/compat/maven-model/pom.xml
index b88cee34f6..cd35ba5966 100644
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diff --git a/compat/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml b/compat/maven-plugin-api/pom.xml
index 3fabb7c992..463438212d 100644
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diff --git a/compat/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml b/compat/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
index 1ea62ff70a..50e5a03336 100644
--- a/compat/maven-repository-metadata/pom.xml
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diff --git a/compat/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml b/compat/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
index 031adbd4ad..bf80ff08a6 100644
--- a/compat/maven-resolver-provider/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
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diff --git a/compat/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml b/compat/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
index 0b0c48700d..4e05be0274 100644
--- a/compat/maven-settings-builder/pom.xml
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diff --git a/compat/maven-settings/pom.xml b/compat/maven-settings/pom.xml
index 6032ebbab7..89a91e7dff 100644
--- a/compat/maven-settings/pom.xml
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diff --git a/compat/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml b/compat/maven-toolchain-builder/pom.xml
index 9b4e212890..c27624a1a5 100644
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diff --git a/compat/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml b/compat/maven-toolchain-model/pom.xml
index 2d8461d858..7d4c2466e9 100644
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diff --git a/compat/pom.xml b/compat/pom.xml
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diff --git a/impl/maven-cli/pom.xml b/impl/maven-cli/pom.xml
index b2947db6d9..6ce70f20c3 100644
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diff --git a/impl/maven-core/pom.xml b/impl/maven-core/pom.xml
index f0d5a0ce9f..8d523f53c4 100644
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diff --git a/impl/maven-di/pom.xml b/impl/maven-di/pom.xml
index ac7c0afe9c..8161f27012 100644
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diff --git a/impl/maven-executor/pom.xml b/impl/maven-executor/pom.xml
index d0c691fa2b..f80126b1ff 100644
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diff --git a/impl/maven-impl/pom.xml b/impl/maven-impl/pom.xml
index 6e6eb74f95..72ab7cfe38 100644
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diff --git a/impl/maven-jline/pom.xml b/impl/maven-jline/pom.xml
index 1d30412c2b..d60bb90417 100644
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diff --git a/impl/maven-logging/pom.xml b/impl/maven-logging/pom.xml
index 0d33a42295..c77c9eed84 100644
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diff --git a/impl/maven-xml/pom.xml b/impl/maven-xml/pom.xml
index 881b4c5a34..eec21a7e77 100644
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diff --git a/impl/pom.xml b/impl/pom.xml
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--- a/impl/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97354843ee..868fe30aeb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
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