diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index c7fba4b2df5..306562caa58 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
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diff --git a/clients/java/client/pom.xml b/clients/java/client/pom.xml
index 113595dcae1..f26dbc694d9 100644
--- a/clients/java/client/pom.xml
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diff --git a/clients/java/pom.xml b/clients/java/pom.xml
index e3e6c148bdd..ef10c066eaa 100644
--- a/clients/java/pom.xml
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index 43642047b44..534a4573bf3 100644
--- a/clients/java/qa/engine-variable-test/pom.xml
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index 2ce9ad2175b..8b0dffb1a13 100644
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index ac689023a1e..97b3776e194 100644
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diff --git a/distro/jboss/pom.xml b/distro/jboss/pom.xml
index 3a2262dbd2b..12d5b9b7c58 100644
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   <groupId>org.camunda.bpm.jboss</groupId>
diff --git a/distro/jboss/webapp-standalone/pom.xml b/distro/jboss/webapp-standalone/pom.xml
index 1a4cc02bbd2..73293d0bcce 100644
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index 1af684d7354..c251b95842c 100644
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diff --git a/distro/run/modules/example/pom.xml b/distro/run/modules/example/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/pom.xml b/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/pom.xml
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index 06f559d272e..cb5c0f12443 100644
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index 9f323957ade..3f9e7ca123f 100644
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index 3dfc89d8ddc..1e9871c27e0 100644
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index 91363ad4fdd..bc98cbacde5 100644
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index f42cd5b02e2..c3b913c1692 100644
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