diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index 16c95aa5f4..63d839ee36 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
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diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 1961facbcb..988470dfd4 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 228a8b3968..493224953d 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 8ea9075640..64b23130bf 100644
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index a2bd291aa2..7ceff99bbe 100644
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index 1485e7f685..050912b933 100644
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--- a/bundles/pom.xml
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index 4027d37e71..5689f0cf86 100644
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index 9fe59abc6a..841bb2ed81 100644
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index 3f62a31722..5a6012acf3 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/junit/pom.xml b/plugins/junit/pom.xml
index 6b0b02d571..2582bfa8fe 100644
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index 45787dcc02..3cb69e2002 100644
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index ac39682a2a..7b673b9d2e 100644
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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 65977ba852..ad320398f6 100644
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