diff --git a/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml b/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
index 98b6716..2704c5b 100644
--- a/log4j-1.2-api/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-api-scala_2.10/pom.xml b/log4j-api-scala_2.10/pom.xml
index 46edf74..c11b66b 100644
--- a/log4j-api-scala_2.10/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-api-scala_2.11/pom.xml b/log4j-api-scala_2.11/pom.xml
index 4a7ba19..f8b5288 100644
--- a/log4j-api-scala_2.11/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-api-scala_2.11/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-api/pom.xml b/log4j-api/pom.xml
index debeb2f..9f0b641 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-bom/pom.xml b/log4j-bom/pom.xml
index 34745c4..f3f8540 100644
--- a/log4j-bom/pom.xml
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diff --git a/log4j-core/pom.xml b/log4j-core/pom.xml
index 2fbc78c..4774f50 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-distribution/pom.xml b/log4j-distribution/pom.xml
index 6544b74..2a3ca59 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml b/log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml
index 06bb7b5..89324d8 100644
--- a/log4j-flume-ng/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-iostreams/pom.xml b/log4j-iostreams/pom.xml
index c818aae..5fdac1f 100644
--- a/log4j-iostreams/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-jcl/pom.xml b/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
index 0b6bd72..e6ac09c 100644
--- a/log4j-jcl/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml b/log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml
index 97b743a..eda3674 100644
--- a/log4j-jmx-gui/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-jul/pom.xml b/log4j-jul/pom.xml
index ca161cd..13bcf91 100644
--- a/log4j-jul/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/log4j-liquibase/pom.xml b/log4j-liquibase/pom.xml
index 7d2d66c..7242ce2 100644
--- a/log4j-liquibase/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-nosql/pom.xml b/log4j-nosql/pom.xml
index ccf44e9..b19ce43 100644
--- a/log4j-nosql/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-perf/pom.xml b/log4j-perf/pom.xml
index a027651..8a2af25 100644
--- a/log4j-perf/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-samples/configuration/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/configuration/pom.xml
index 153a394..2501f36 100644
--- a/log4j-samples/configuration/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-samples/flume-common/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/flume-common/pom.xml
index 73e7975..9f3b2a8 100644
--- a/log4j-samples/flume-common/pom.xml
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diff --git a/log4j-samples/flume-embedded/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/flume-embedded/pom.xml
index 368424d..350c4d9 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-samples/flume-remote/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/flume-remote/pom.xml
index 4c487f5..7e6dad3 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-samples/loggerProperties/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/loggerProperties/pom.xml
index 5a4e14c..0547075 100644
--- a/log4j-samples/loggerProperties/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-samples/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/pom.xml
index 654c93e..f4876fc 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-samples/scala-api/pom.xml b/log4j-samples/scala-api/pom.xml
index d2d3203..30e6051 100644
--- a/log4j-samples/scala-api/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/log4j-slf4j-impl/pom.xml b/log4j-slf4j-impl/pom.xml
index a788d67..d962dd5 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-taglib/pom.xml b/log4j-taglib/pom.xml
index 55f76a3..fb5fdcd 100644
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diff --git a/log4j-web/pom.xml b/log4j-web/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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