[maven-release-plugin] prepare release release-0.12.1-rc0
diff --git a/contrib/pinot-fmpp-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/contrib/pinot-fmpp-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 7da14f5..9970a3a 100644
--- a/contrib/pinot-fmpp-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/pinot-fmpp-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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     <groupId>org.apache.pinot</groupId>
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diff --git a/pinot-broker/pom.xml b/pinot-broker/pom.xml
index 5a187dd..d30105f 100644
--- a/pinot-broker/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/pinot-clients/pinot-java-client/pom.xml b/pinot-clients/pinot-java-client/pom.xml
index ba43afe..57b3d28 100644
--- a/pinot-clients/pinot-java-client/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>pinot-java-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/pinot-clients/pinot-jdbc-client/pom.xml b/pinot-clients/pinot-jdbc-client/pom.xml
index 881e9cf..3712ad8 100644
--- a/pinot-clients/pinot-jdbc-client/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/pinot-clients/pom.xml b/pinot-clients/pom.xml
index a70d505..a00a5b9 100644
--- a/pinot-clients/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/pinot-common/pom.xml b/pinot-common/pom.xml
index 0c60620..de54e05 100644
--- a/pinot-common/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/pinot-compatibility-verifier/pom.xml b/pinot-compatibility-verifier/pom.xml
index 8705696..73d8894 100644
--- a/pinot-compatibility-verifier/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/pinot-flink-connector/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/pinot-flink-connector/pom.xml
index 0ce7e07..b5a144b 100644
--- a/pinot-connectors/pinot-flink-connector/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>pinot-flink-connector</artifactId>
diff --git a/pinot-connectors/pinot-spark-connector/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/pinot-spark-connector/pom.xml
index a4fac7b..44f74a8 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/pom.xml
index 9edb372..6b10e6a 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-common-jdk8/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-common-jdk8/pom.xml
index c87058b..711a40b 100644
--- a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-common-jdk8/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-java-client-jdk8/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-java-client-jdk8/pom.xml
index 552fbb6..99139e3 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-segment-spi-jdk8/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-segment-spi-jdk8/pom.xml
index 0139e70..b882f1f 100644
--- a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-segment-spi-jdk8/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-spi-jdk8/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-spi-jdk8/pom.xml
index 6568b75..f891e13 100644
--- a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pinot-spi-jdk8/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/pom.xml
index cbbbc08..8dae904 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/presto-pinot-driver/pom.xml b/pinot-connectors/prestodb-pinot-dependencies/presto-pinot-driver/pom.xml
index bfc1a1b..30cb0df 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-controller/pom.xml b/pinot-controller/pom.xml
index 8f205ee..e5e598c 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-core/pom.xml b/pinot-core/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pinot-distribution/pom.xml b/pinot-distribution/pom.xml
index b4b140c..576abeaa 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-integration-test-base/pom.xml b/pinot-integration-test-base/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pinot-integration-tests/pom.xml b/pinot-integration-tests/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pinot-minion/pom.xml b/pinot-minion/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pinot-perf/pom.xml b/pinot-perf/pom.xml
index db60856..5ad8bc2 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-common/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-common/pom.xml
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diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-hadoop/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-hadoop/pom.xml
index 2d43b32..5c1cb0f 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-spark-2.4/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-spark-2.4/pom.xml
index d70ca9c..6de2b92 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-spark-3.2/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-spark-3.2/pom.xml
index bc716aa..094e614 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-standalone/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pinot-batch-ingestion-standalone/pom.xml
index 0b0e5ee..103565e 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-batch-ingestion/pom.xml
index c575199..9123a1f 100644
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index 32f3feb..7ae8de8 100644
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diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-environment/pinot-azure/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-environment/pinot-azure/pom.xml
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index a8f3ea2..3b6f984 100644
--- a/pinot-plugins/pinot-file-system/pinot-hdfs/pom.xml
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index 384dd00..fe86bfd 100644
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index 1a985e2..8e0ebb1 100644
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