diff --git a/apache-camel/pom.xml b/apache-camel/pom.xml
index 1fb8e81..4173f20 100644
--- a/apache-camel/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-camel/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/buildingtools/pom.xml b/buildingtools/pom.xml
index 703b2a6..71177dc 100644
--- a/buildingtools/pom.xml
+++ b/buildingtools/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
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       <artifactId>camel</artifactId>
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     <artifactId>camel-buildtools</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <name>Apache :: Camel Buildtools</name>
     <description>The build tools for the Camel project</description>    
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/camel-core/pom.xml b/camel-core/pom.xml
index b5d5680..890d393 100755
--- a/camel-core/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/components/camel-amqp/pom.xml b/components/camel-amqp/pom.xml
index fb143ef..99bd60c 100644
--- a/components/camel-amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-amqp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/components/camel-atom/pom.xml b/components/camel-atom/pom.xml
index 9641670..28625d8 100644
--- a/components/camel-atom/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-aws/pom.xml b/components/camel-aws/pom.xml
index 340527c..8d3ed11 100644
--- a/components/camel-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-aws/pom.xml
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
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-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/components/camel-bam/pom.xml b/components/camel-bam/pom.xml
index 7f22c77..3d28993 100644
--- a/components/camel-bam/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 		<artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/components/camel-bean-validator/pom.xml b/components/camel-bean-validator/pom.xml
index 99f8734..9e84c56 100644
--- a/components/camel-bean-validator/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
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     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-bindy/pom.xml b/components/camel-bindy/pom.xml
index 2dda55e..1992801 100755
--- a/components/camel-bindy/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
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diff --git a/components/camel-blueprint/pom.xml b/components/camel-blueprint/pom.xml
index 2f0d8f6..3b7880f 100644
--- a/components/camel-blueprint/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/components/camel-cache/pom.xml b/components/camel-cache/pom.xml
index f0d9528..e5a365c 100755
--- a/components/camel-cache/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>camel-cache</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-castor/pom.xml b/components/camel-castor/pom.xml
index 074fd50..2217274 100644
--- a/components/camel-castor/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-cometd/pom.xml b/components/camel-cometd/pom.xml
index 5ea4083..a7c0d50a7 100644
--- a/components/camel-cometd/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/components/camel-core-osgi/pom.xml b/components/camel-core-osgi/pom.xml
index 03268a5..387f0a0 100644
--- a/components/camel-core-osgi/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-core-xml/pom.xml b/components/camel-core-xml/pom.xml
index 3bb4354..5f6af37 100644
--- a/components/camel-core-xml/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-crypto/pom.xml b/components/camel-crypto/pom.xml
index bdca3fd..c6efbee 100644
--- a/components/camel-crypto/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-csv/pom.xml b/components/camel-csv/pom.xml
index a06d084..33c7368 100644
--- a/components/camel-csv/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-cxf/pom.xml b/components/camel-cxf/pom.xml
index cdec1a7..8a72331 100644
--- a/components/camel-cxf/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-dozer/pom.xml b/components/camel-dozer/pom.xml
index 752287b..5a9665d 100644
--- a/components/camel-dozer/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-dozer</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-eclipse/pom.xml b/components/camel-eclipse/pom.xml
index f9de2a2..0142bcf 100644
--- a/components/camel-eclipse/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-ejb/pom.xml b/components/camel-ejb/pom.xml
index cb8090d..7330836 100644
--- a/components/camel-ejb/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/components/camel-eventadmin/pom.xml b/components/camel-eventadmin/pom.xml
index e9d8a4c..5a725bc 100644
--- a/components/camel-eventadmin/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-eventadmin/pom.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
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diff --git a/components/camel-exec/pom.xml b/components/camel-exec/pom.xml
index 2de1d51..79dc988 100644
--- a/components/camel-exec/pom.xml
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   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-flatpack/pom.xml b/components/camel-flatpack/pom.xml
index e7fa076..354888c 100644
--- a/components/camel-flatpack/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-freemarker/pom.xml b/components/camel-freemarker/pom.xml
index a2c2dee..ac97aa3 100644
--- a/components/camel-freemarker/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-ftp/pom.xml b/components/camel-ftp/pom.xml
index bb3bd87..669d2ff 100644
--- a/components/camel-ftp/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-gae/pom.xml b/components/camel-gae/pom.xml
index 432a646..9b24494 100644
--- a/components/camel-gae/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-groovy/pom.xml b/components/camel-groovy/pom.xml
index 2dd5828..ae67dd0 100644
--- a/components/camel-groovy/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-guice/pom.xml b/components/camel-guice/pom.xml
index 14cd787..11b97a4 100644
--- a/components/camel-guice/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-hawtdb/pom.xml b/components/camel-hawtdb/pom.xml
index e1a13ed..9e4bd13 100644
--- a/components/camel-hawtdb/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/components/camel-hl7/pom.xml b/components/camel-hl7/pom.xml
index ddb84c1..94a9e58 100644
--- a/components/camel-hl7/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-http/pom.xml b/components/camel-http/pom.xml
index 223bf28..689d03c 100644
--- a/components/camel-http/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-http4/pom.xml b/components/camel-http4/pom.xml
index 05b01ae..83ab1d7 100644
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diff --git a/components/camel-ibatis/pom.xml b/components/camel-ibatis/pom.xml
index b3892ee..48f7c42 100644
--- a/components/camel-ibatis/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-irc/pom.xml b/components/camel-irc/pom.xml
index 99de7ff..bbaecc2 100644
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diff --git a/components/camel-jackson/pom.xml b/components/camel-jackson/pom.xml
index 9e1c790..54c6a61 100644
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diff --git a/components/camel-jasypt/pom.xml b/components/camel-jasypt/pom.xml
index b66e0f8..bf40f89 100644
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diff --git a/components/camel-javaspace/pom.xml b/components/camel-javaspace/pom.xml
index 4dae135..ea437d1 100644
--- a/components/camel-javaspace/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-jaxb/pom.xml b/components/camel-jaxb/pom.xml
index de5dfe1..d513ef6 100644
--- a/components/camel-jaxb/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-jcr/pom.xml b/components/camel-jcr/pom.xml
index 6b19b85..1a28032 100644
--- a/components/camel-jcr/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-jdbc-aggregator/pom.xml b/components/camel-jdbc-aggregator/pom.xml
index 6b06f81..ecbcab9 100644
--- a/components/camel-jdbc-aggregator/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-jdbc/pom.xml b/components/camel-jdbc/pom.xml
index fd1601e..ebc44e4 100755
--- a/components/camel-jdbc/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-jetty/pom.xml b/components/camel-jetty/pom.xml
index 21575cb..15972de 100644
--- a/components/camel-jetty/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jetty/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-jibx/pom.xml b/components/camel-jibx/pom.xml
index 66e1938..74b0edc 100644
--- a/components/camel-jibx/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jibx/pom.xml
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -87,14 +85,14 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
                                 <taskdef name="bind" classname="org.jibx.binding.ant.CompileTask">
-                                    <classpath refid="maven.test.classpath"/>
+                                    <classpath refid="maven.test.classpath" />
                                 </taskdef>
                                 <bind>
                                     <classpath>
-                                        <pathelement path="target/test-classes"/>
+                                        <pathelement path="target/test-classes" />
                                     </classpath>
                                     <bindingfileset dir="src/test/resources">
-                                        <include name="**/*-jibx.xml"/>
+                                        <include name="**/*-jibx.xml" />
                                     </bindingfileset>
                                 </bind>
                             </target>
diff --git a/components/camel-jing/pom.xml b/components/camel-jing/pom.xml
index f833522..de7bb38 100644
--- a/components/camel-jing/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jing/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-jms/pom.xml b/components/camel-jms/pom.xml
index 671938b..63acd83 100644
--- a/components/camel-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jms/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-jmx/pom.xml b/components/camel-jmx/pom.xml
index 6cfa39e..1b379e9 100644
--- a/components/camel-jmx/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jmx/pom.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-josql/pom.xml b/components/camel-josql/pom.xml
index 1ce0772..9b46755 100644
--- a/components/camel-josql/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-josql/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-jpa/pom.xml b/components/camel-jpa/pom.xml
index 6d91f15..43c4fc7 100644
--- a/components/camel-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml b/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml
index 6e9d33e..b7847b4 100644
--- a/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jt400/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>camel-jt400</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-juel/pom.xml b/components/camel-juel/pom.xml
index 20f7d28..82d6d54 100644
--- a/components/camel-juel/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-juel/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-jxpath/pom.xml b/components/camel-jxpath/pom.xml
index 5a912e3..8ee044c 100644
--- a/components/camel-jxpath/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-jxpath/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-kestrel/pom.xml b/components/camel-kestrel/pom.xml
index a46fdd5..9986c91 100644
--- a/components/camel-kestrel/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-kestrel/pom.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-ldap/pom.xml b/components/camel-ldap/pom.xml
index 28b67fd..14c8b39 100644
--- a/components/camel-ldap/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-lucene/pom.xml b/components/camel-lucene/pom.xml
index 9a2b245..3b8cd9b 100644
--- a/components/camel-lucene/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-lucene/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 		<artifactId>components</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>camel-lucene</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-mail/pom.xml b/components/camel-mail/pom.xml
index f9d6bb0..5624165 100644
--- a/components/camel-mail/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-mail/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-mina/pom.xml b/components/camel-mina/pom.xml
index 2eb546c..d573643 100644
--- a/components/camel-mina/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-mina/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-msv/pom.xml b/components/camel-msv/pom.xml
index b68068b..8253258 100644
--- a/components/camel-msv/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-msv/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-mvel/pom.xml b/components/camel-mvel/pom.xml
index 50101ad..463e1ed 100644
--- a/components/camel-mvel/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-mvel/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-nagios/pom.xml b/components/camel-nagios/pom.xml
index 4f56c4a..fc53d4f 100644
--- a/components/camel-nagios/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-netty/pom.xml b/components/camel-netty/pom.xml
index 9220a83..e7a925d 100644
--- a/components/camel-netty/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-netty/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 		<artifactId>components</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>camel-netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-ognl/pom.xml b/components/camel-ognl/pom.xml
index 23b95d3..d57e3f2 100644
--- a/components/camel-ognl/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-ognl/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-paxlogging/pom.xml b/components/camel-paxlogging/pom.xml
index 40114b8..034a99b 100644
--- a/components/camel-paxlogging/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-paxlogging/pom.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-printer/pom.xml b/components/camel-printer/pom.xml
index 78084d4..f70f6b2 100644
--- a/components/camel-printer/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-protobuf/pom.xml b/components/camel-protobuf/pom.xml
index bacd156..749557a 100755
--- a/components/camel-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 		<artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-quartz/pom.xml b/components/camel-quartz/pom.xml
index 28daa45..0271a0c 100644
--- a/components/camel-quartz/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-quickfix/pom.xml b/components/camel-quickfix/pom.xml
index 7c458f4..13738f3 100644
--- a/components/camel-quickfix/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <parent>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
             <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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             <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-restlet/pom.xml b/components/camel-restlet/pom.xml
index 11818b1..60a90d6 100644
--- a/components/camel-restlet/pom.xml
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/components/camel-rmi/pom.xml b/components/camel-rmi/pom.xml
index a1fb55d..04edddc 100644
--- a/components/camel-rmi/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-routebox/pom.xml b/components/camel-routebox/pom.xml
index 1eae845..34290d1 100644
--- a/components/camel-routebox/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-routebox/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0</version>
 	    <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-rss/pom.xml b/components/camel-rss/pom.xml
index 54e5b04..1fe15db 100644
--- a/components/camel-rss/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>components</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
diff --git a/components/camel-ruby/pom.xml b/components/camel-ruby/pom.xml
index ad02e6a..4b5c833 100644
--- a/components/camel-ruby/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-saxon/pom.xml b/components/camel-saxon/pom.xml
index bcc4409..43539ed 100644
--- a/components/camel-saxon/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-scala/pom.xml b/components/camel-scala/pom.xml
index 0d4a4a2..ef6cd88 100644
--- a/components/camel-scala/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>camel-scala</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-script/pom.xml b/components/camel-script/pom.xml
index 4f8f0b4..f790dd5 100644
--- a/components/camel-script/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-servlet/pom.xml b/components/camel-servlet/pom.xml
index 1546197..9fbe410 100644
--- a/components/camel-servlet/pom.xml
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/components/camel-shiro/pom.xml b/components/camel-shiro/pom.xml
index 99a18d2..4d1edb4 100644
--- a/components/camel-shiro/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-shiro/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>components</artifactId>
 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>camel-shiro</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-sip/pom.xml b/components/camel-sip/pom.xml
index 41b2ca6..aa3fa42 100644
--- a/components/camel-sip/pom.xml
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     <artifactId>components</artifactId>
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   </parent>
   
 	<artifactId>camel-sip</artifactId>
diff --git a/components/camel-smpp/pom.xml b/components/camel-smpp/pom.xml
index 382f3ef..78b38e5 100644
--- a/components/camel-smpp/pom.xml
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-snmp/pom.xml b/components/camel-snmp/pom.xml
index 84d90cf..75c01df 100644
--- a/components/camel-snmp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/components/camel-soap/pom.xml b/components/camel-soap/pom.xml
index 1b77e57..3a604d0 100644
--- a/components/camel-soap/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/javadsl/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/javadsl/pom.xml
index 4729493..2a745e0 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/javadsl/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/javadsl/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
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-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
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     <parent>
         <artifactId>camel-example-simplejirabot</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/pom.xml
index 304935a..486ad00 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@
         License.
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-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <artifactId>camel-example-simplejirabot</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/xmlconf/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/xmlconf/pom.xml
index e5038e9..fb2fa47 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/xmlconf/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-simplejirabot/xmlconf/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
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     <parent>
         <artifactId>camel-example-simplejirabot</artifactId>
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-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-spring-javaconfig/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-spring-javaconfig/pom.xml
index 38c79e3..7d28d7c 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-spring-javaconfig/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-spring-javaconfig/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/examples/camel-example-spring-jms/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-spring-jms/pom.xml
index 8c2ee29..82a445a 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-spring-jms/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-example-spring-jms</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-spring-security/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-spring-security/pom.xml
index aae8e3d..018005b 100755
--- a/examples/camel-example-spring-security/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/examples/camel-example-spring-ws/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-spring-ws/pom.xml
index e245f30..9ad4f5c3 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-spring-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-spring-ws/pom.xml
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@
     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 		<artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.6.0</version>
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 	<artifactId>camel-example-spring-ws</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-spring-xquery/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-spring-xquery/pom.xml
index df82cdd..d707dad 100755
--- a/examples/camel-example-spring-xquery/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>camel-example-spring-xquery</artifactId>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
   <properties>
      <camel.osgi.import.additional>org.apache.activemq.xbean,org.apache.activemq.broker,org.apache.activemq.pool</camel.osgi.import.additional>
-     <camel.osgi.export.pkg/>
+     <camel.osgi.export.pkg />
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-spring/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-spring/pom.xml
index 719ba4a..db47678 100755
--- a/examples/camel-example-spring/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 		<artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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 	<artifactId>camel-example-spring</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-tracer/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-tracer/pom.xml
index 6f74e26..6d37554 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-tracer/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-example-tracer</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 2abcdaa..296eec3 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   </parent>
 
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 8203dba..e9623f0 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
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@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
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-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
   <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Camel :: Parent</name>
   <description>Camel Parent POM</description>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/features/pom.xml b/platforms/karaf/features/pom.xml
index 9c931a46..9e72f96 100644
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.camel.karaf</groupId>
diff --git a/platforms/karaf/pom.xml b/platforms/karaf/pom.xml
index fe456ab..8536301 100644
--- a/platforms/karaf/pom.xml
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@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>platforms</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>karaf</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <name>Camel :: Platforms :: Apache Karaf</name>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/platforms/pom.xml b/platforms/pom.xml
index 68d2ed3..b1fea86 100644
--- a/platforms/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
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     <relativePath>../parent</relativePath>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4bffec..ab7cb8b 100755
--- a/pom.xml
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
   <artifactId>camel</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Camel</name>
   <description>Camel build POM</description>
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@
   </modules>
 
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/camel/trunk</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/camel/trunk</developerConnection>
-    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/camel/trunk/</url>
+    <connection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/camel/tags/camel-2.6.0</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/camel/tags/camel-2.6.0</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/camel/tags/camel-2.6.0</url>
   </scm>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/tests/camel-itest-osgi/pom.xml b/tests/camel-itest-osgi/pom.xml
index e96ffc0..7b9f1d9 100644
--- a/tests/camel-itest-osgi/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
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diff --git a/tests/camel-itest-spring-2.0/pom.xml b/tests/camel-itest-spring-2.0/pom.xml
index fd49601..cb68e38 100644
--- a/tests/camel-itest-spring-2.0/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
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-		<version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
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diff --git a/tests/camel-itest-spring-2.5/pom.xml b/tests/camel-itest-spring-2.5/pom.xml
index d8a4fae..a7942db 100644
--- a/tests/camel-itest-spring-2.5/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/camel-itest-spring-2.5/pom.xml
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@
 	limitations under the License.
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/tests/camel-itest-standalone/pom.xml b/tests/camel-itest-standalone/pom.xml
index 58fb8e8..1addef8 100644
--- a/tests/camel-itest-standalone/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/camel-itest-standalone/pom.xml
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@
   limitations under the License.
 -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
         <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/tests/camel-itest/pom.xml b/tests/camel-itest/pom.xml
index 598bb23..6cdd6cd 100644
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     </parent>
 
diff --git a/tests/camel-partial-classpath-test/pom.xml b/tests/camel-partial-classpath-test/pom.xml
index 935a766..14ab047 100644
--- a/tests/camel-partial-classpath-test/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index d3954a6..bb12292 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
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     <relativePath>../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tests/test-bundles/mock-javamail_1.7/pom.xml b/tests/test-bundles/mock-javamail_1.7/pom.xml
index 4d4d27d..ace0d94 100644
--- a/tests/test-bundles/mock-javamail_1.7/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-bundles/mock-javamail_1.7/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.camel.tests.bundles</groupId>
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     <groupId>org.apache.camel.tests</groupId>
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-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
     <name>Camel :: Test Bundles: ${pkgArtifactId}-${pkgVersion}</name>
     <description>
diff --git a/tests/test-bundles/pom.xml b/tests/test-bundles/pom.xml
index 4dfd6d3..d732051 100644
--- a/tests/test-bundles/pom.xml
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@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
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     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
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     <name>Camel :: Tests Bundles</name>
 
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diff --git a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-activemq/pom.xml b/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-activemq/pom.xml
index bbbce9f..bcbb620 100644
--- a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-activemq/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-component/pom.xml b/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-component/pom.xml
index 9ac9c74..c01b8a2 100644
--- a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-component/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-java/pom.xml b/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-java/pom.xml
index a4c246b..763e645 100644
--- a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-java/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-scala/pom.xml b/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-scala/pom.xml
index ebd9cb8..d251a79 100644
--- a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-scala/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring/pom.xml b/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring/pom.xml
index 2da9af5..7b96b1c 100644
--- a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-war/pom.xml b/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-war/pom.xml
index 9515bf9..f81394e 100644
--- a/tooling/archetypes/camel-archetype-war/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/tooling/archetypes/pom.xml b/tooling/archetypes/pom.xml
index 8d6e306..d6c01e0 100644
--- a/tooling/archetypes/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tooling/camel-manual/pom.xml b/tooling/camel-manual/pom.xml
index 50ce637..fc93376 100644
--- a/tooling/camel-manual/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/camel-manual/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tooling/maven/camel-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/maven/camel-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 8fd125a..801c7ce 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/camel-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/maven/camel-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>camel-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/tooling/maven/guice-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/tooling/maven/guice-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 279eebd..96c0075 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/guice-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/maven/guice-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>guice-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/tooling/maven/maven-html-to-pdf/pom.xml b/tooling/maven/maven-html-to-pdf/pom.xml
index 706dfec..f6b113c 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/maven-html-to-pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/maven/maven-html-to-pdf/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>maven-html-to-pdf</artifactId>
diff --git a/tooling/maven/pom.xml b/tooling/maven/pom.xml
index 5b0a388..a5d2306 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/maven/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tooling/pom.xml b/tooling/pom.xml
index 72cb085..20f3fd0 100644
--- a/tooling/pom.xml
+++ b/tooling/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
     <artifactId>camel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../parent</relativePath>
   </parent>