diff --git a/apps/pom.xml b/apps/pom.xml
index 6ae77022cd..9f2cc6a0e5 100644
--- a/apps/pom.xml
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diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index 6278730134..96ecf607c5 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
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diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
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index bf242e06d4..f390007ff9 100644
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index 9bb3afbec4..8f26184892 100644
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diff --git a/jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/pom.xml
index fa4bc4a94c..4d0a0ab3ad 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 f1106d610a..a89021869e 100644
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diff --git a/jakarta/velocity-tools-view-jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/velocity-tools-view-jakarta/pom.xml
index ba8c750ab2..32c6876c84 100644
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diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index d562e5e4d5..3397e2112a 100644
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diff --git a/plugins/async/pom.xml b/plugins/async/pom.xml
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diff --git a/plugins/config-browser/pom.xml b/plugins/config-browser/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/velocity/pom.xml b/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 99dbc44faf..680e577972 100644
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