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diff --git a/extensions-core/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml b/extensions-core/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
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diff --git a/extensions-core/orc-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/orc-extensions/pom.xml
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diff --git a/extensions-core/postgresql-metadata-storage/pom.xml b/extensions-core/postgresql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
index fe404ad..505ae03 100644
--- a/extensions-core/postgresql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
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diff --git a/extensions-core/protobuf-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/protobuf-extensions/pom.xml
index 99a1af3..5784a47 100644
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diff --git a/extensions-core/s3-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/s3-extensions/pom.xml
index c28500d..c992867 100644
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diff --git a/extensions-core/simple-client-sslcontext/pom.xml b/extensions-core/simple-client-sslcontext/pom.xml
index 605d132..9b8c81b 100644
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diff --git a/extensions-core/stats/pom.xml b/extensions-core/stats/pom.xml
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diff --git a/hll/pom.xml b/hll/pom.xml
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diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml b/indexing-hadoop/pom.xml
index c281345..93fd1eb 100644
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diff --git a/indexing-service/pom.xml b/indexing-service/pom.xml
index 9db7068..8aef7c6 100644
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diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 5c841e6..889cf7c 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab04b20..637f445 100644
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/processing/pom.xml b/processing/pom.xml
index 340f57c..d56bfdb 100644
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diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 7dbe8c7..6005283 100644
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diff --git a/services/pom.xml b/services/pom.xml
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diff --git a/sql/pom.xml b/sql/pom.xml
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diff --git a/web-console/pom.xml b/web-console/pom.xml
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