diff --git a/accumulo/pom.xml b/accumulo/pom.xml
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diff --git a/aerospike/pom.xml b/aerospike/pom.xml
index 23cc3bcc78..f5b5a72545 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 1c0a31ed7f..e476cf30a1 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
index fbca4de167..61fed8c6ef 100644
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diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
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diff --git a/cassandra2/pom.xml b/cassandra2/pom.xml
index fccd4b3281..9ca7c96c6a 100644
--- a/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 e98566d7ef..6eb0c7ca4a 100644
--- a/couchbase/pom.xml
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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/googledatastore/pom.xml b/googledatastore/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/memcached/pom.xml b/memcached/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/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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