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 37cab3e2c991dd7be1169ed97075935e06bbb2ea..23cc3bcc78a926f3887cd37702b791818247205e 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
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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
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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
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diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
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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/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/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/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tarantool/pom.xml b/tarantool/pom.xml
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