diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index dd0b406..e35000a 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/data/pom.xml b/contrib/data/pom.xml
index 26a7dd8..3badd51 100644
--- a/contrib/data/pom.xml
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index fb2bc20..0a9cd6f 100644
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index 4110a1c..aa53756 100644
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diff --git a/contrib/format-maprdb/pom.xml b/contrib/format-maprdb/pom.xml
index 0a09c3d..01c8566 100644
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diff --git a/contrib/format-syslog/pom.xml b/contrib/format-syslog/pom.xml
index 9bc9159..cfe60fa 100644
--- a/contrib/format-syslog/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/pom.xml b/contrib/pom.xml
index 17ac734..24235ea 100644
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diff --git a/contrib/storage-hbase/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-hbase/pom.xml
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index 0203efb..e5bead5 100644
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index 824f9a4..ae68351 100644
--- a/contrib/storage-hive/hive-exec-shade/pom.xml
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index 922cdf3..d55420e 100644
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diff --git a/contrib/storage-jdbc/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-jdbc/pom.xml
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diff --git a/exec/jdbc-all/pom.xml b/exec/jdbc-all/pom.xml
index fd764ac..747de6b 100644
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index f9637d3..bb9424d 100644
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index ff3e561..3e77535 100644
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