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diff --git a/aerospike/pom.xml b/aerospike/pom.xml
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--- a/aerospike/pom.xml
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index 6fa2fe5ff9..5a6f47dd22 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/cassandra2/pom.xml b/cassandra2/pom.xml
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/couchbase/pom.xml b/couchbase/pom.xml
index 6caa5ebf1a..efa1427e48 100644
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diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
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diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
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diff --git a/geode/pom.xml b/geode/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/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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