diff --git a/accumulo/pom.xml b/accumulo/pom.xml
index 36d1ee99ad..ebfb7cc5e1 100644
--- a/accumulo/pom.xml
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diff --git a/aerospike/pom.xml b/aerospike/pom.xml
index 16fe4cc997..e2a481b96e 100644
--- a/aerospike/pom.xml
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diff --git a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
index 37076e50c7..2a56d0b372 100644
--- a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
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diff --git a/binding-parent/pom.xml b/binding-parent/pom.xml
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diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index c2321092e5..083fcb7e1f 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e61ec217e1..623ddead09 100644
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/couchbase/pom.xml b/couchbase/pom.xml
index 44a6cb2edd..fe6beb3bdc 100644
--- a/couchbase/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 74f2d9f17d..da13dc52c4 100644
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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diff --git a/dynamodb/pom.xml b/dynamodb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
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diff --git a/gemfire/pom.xml b/gemfire/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hbase094/pom.xml b/hbase094/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hbase098/pom.xml b/hbase098/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hbase10/pom.xml b/hbase10/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hypertable/pom.xml b/hypertable/pom.xml
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diff --git a/infinispan/pom.xml b/infinispan/pom.xml
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diff --git a/jdbc/pom.xml b/jdbc/pom.xml
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diff --git a/mapkeeper/pom.xml b/mapkeeper/pom.xml
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diff --git a/mongodb/pom.xml b/mongodb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/nosqldb/pom.xml b/nosqldb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/orientdb/pom.xml b/orientdb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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diff --git a/redis/pom.xml b/redis/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tarantool/pom.xml b/tarantool/pom.xml
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diff --git a/voldemort/pom.xml b/voldemort/pom.xml
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