diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 14c562ca16..2313bf8006 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
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diff --git a/buffer/pom.xml b/buffer/pom.xml
index ab0b28f91d..d316f9b5ba 100644
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diff --git a/codec-http/pom.xml b/codec-http/pom.xml
index 221128877c..edd6b613ef 100644
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diff --git a/codec-socks/pom.xml b/codec-socks/pom.xml
index 8adce35b49..4580537bf9 100644
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index f666e075a6..a4a09ee67a 100644
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diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index d8650dbc74..1208f72d11 100644
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diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 95dd0185a8..cfdf985eec 100644
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diff --git a/handler/pom.xml b/handler/pom.xml
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diff --git a/microbench/pom.xml b/microbench/pom.xml
index a38583d697..2e03d9b659 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26ca01a684..38a4c501e0 100644
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diff --git a/tarball/pom.xml b/tarball/pom.xml
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diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
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