diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
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index 0612e345cb..b5263b2652 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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index bb545a3016..0b0c5b224d 100644
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diff --git a/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml b/testsuite-osgi/pom.xml
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