[maven-release-plugin] prepare release 2.6.0-rc1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b3c1c3..aac22b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -213,6 +213,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>2.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-app/pom.xml b/tika-app/pom.xml
index 7a6b98d..c158488 100644
--- a/tika-app/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-app/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -294,6 +294,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>2.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-batch/pom.xml b/tika-batch/pom.xml
index 9c21f2d..879f13c 100644
--- a/tika-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-batch/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@
   </build>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>2.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-bom/pom.xml b/tika-bom/pom.xml
index bce420b..13f632e 100644
--- a/tika-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-bom/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -38,363 +38,363 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-serialization</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-translate</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-xmp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-java7</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika server components -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-server-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-server-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-eval-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fuzzing</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika language detection modules -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-lingo24</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-mitll-text</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-opennlp</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-optimaize</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-tika</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-langdetect-test-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika parsers package (standard) -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parsers-standard-package</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-bundle-standard</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Individual modules from standard package -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-apple-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-audiovideo-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-cad-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-code-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-crypto-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-font-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-html-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-image-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-mail-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-microsoft-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-miscoffice-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-news-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-ocr-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-pdf-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-pkg-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-text-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-xml-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-digest-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-html-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-jdbc-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-mail-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-xmp-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-zip-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika parsers package (extended) -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-scientific-package</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-sqlite3-package</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika parsers modules (extended package) -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-scientific-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-sqlite3-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika parsers modules (ML package) -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-age-recogniser</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-dl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-advancedmedia-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parser-nlp-module</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-transcribe-aws</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-detectors</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-detector-siegfried</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Tika Pipes modules -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-fs</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-gcs</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-opensearch</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-s3</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-kafka</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-emitter-solr</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fetcher-gcs</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fetcher-http</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-fetcher-s3</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-csv</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-gcs</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-jdbc</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-s3</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-kafka</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-pipes-iterator-solr</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-async-cli</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-httpclient-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/tika-bundles/pom.xml b/tika-bundles/pom.xml
index 7b8b654..58a4693 100644
--- a/tika-bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-bundles/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>tika-bundles</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
   <name>Apache Tika bundles module</name>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@
   </dependencyManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>2.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml b/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml
index ae35a4b..5523071 100644
--- a/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-bundles/tika-bundle-standard/pom.xml
@@ -18,19 +18,18 @@
   under the License.
 -->
 
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-bundles</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tika-bundle-standard</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>Apache Tika OSGi standard bundle</name>
 
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>2.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/tika-core/pom.xml b/tika-core/pom.xml
index 49b0dea..9f70387 100644
--- a/tika-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -301,6 +301,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>2.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-detectors/pom.xml b/tika-detectors/pom.xml
index e67a0e8..f0089a3 100644
--- a/tika-detectors/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-detectors/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tika-detectors/tika-detector-siegfried/pom.xml b/tika-detectors/tika-detector-siegfried/pom.xml
index b102252..5e67281 100644
--- a/tika-detectors/tika-detector-siegfried/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-detectors/tika-detector-siegfried/pom.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
   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>
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diff --git a/tika-eval/pom.xml b/tika-eval/pom.xml
index af1ddbc..aa3f2ee 100644
--- a/tika-eval/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-eval/tika-eval-app/pom.xml b/tika-eval/tika-eval-app/pom.xml
index 93ec5e0..72e1c14 100644
--- a/tika-eval/tika-eval-app/pom.xml
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@@ -228,6 +228,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-eval/tika-eval-core/pom.xml b/tika-eval/tika-eval-core/pom.xml
index ae1d15d..3136639 100644
--- a/tika-eval/tika-eval-core/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -215,6 +215,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-example/pom.xml b/tika-example/pom.xml
index d7e3a99..0a9998f 100644
--- a/tika-example/pom.xml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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@@ -159,6 +159,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-fuzzing/pom.xml b/tika-fuzzing/pom.xml
index f60dc40..41bb683 100644
--- a/tika-fuzzing/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 6e1bf64..2afb920 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-kafka-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-kafka-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 09ad13f..ca45b95 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-kafka-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-kafka-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-opensearch-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-opensearch-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 3aa3176..8dd9566 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-opensearch-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-opensearch-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-s3-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-s3-integration-tests/pom.xml
index fb5f28d..4030a96 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-s3-integration-tests/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-solr-integration-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-solr-integration-tests/pom.xml
index ca790cd..57c288b 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-solr-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-integration-tests/tika-pipes-solr-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml b/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml
index ae9b6ab..b945ee8 100644
--- a/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-integration-tests/tika-resource-loading-tests/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/tika-java7/pom.xml b/tika-java7/pom.xml
index f69673d..477e711 100644
--- a/tika-java7/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-java7/pom.xml
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@
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   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
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@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@
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@@ -109,6 +108,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-langdetect/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/pom.xml
index d045863..094e098 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -113,6 +113,6 @@
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml
index affb562..154c716 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-lingo24/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml
index b46ab39..a780226 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-mitll-text/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml
index 40177d3..be69b60 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-opennlp/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@
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 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml
index 3f09e94..0c4f2a1 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-optimaize/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml
index c906158..bd9cb48 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-test-commons/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-tika/pom.xml b/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-tika/pom.xml
index 6b5cd82..18a2805 100644
--- a/tika-langdetect/tika-langdetect-tika/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index e42eaf9..ba690bc 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
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@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
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diff --git a/tika-parsers/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/pom.xml
index d80e5ad..2dfc7cd 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -99,6 +99,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml
index 9d29b11..7879553 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml
index a0230be..9a4e25e 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-module/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -137,6 +137,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml
index 37e814a..d780d15 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-scientific-package/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -126,6 +126,6 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-sqlite3-module/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-sqlite3-module/pom.xml
index f9b9266..f14639a 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-sqlite3-module/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@
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diff --git a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-sqlite3-package/pom.xml b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-sqlite3-package/pom.xml
index 35ac435..83f0bff 100644
--- a/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-sqlite3-package/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parsers/tika-parsers-extended/tika-parser-sqlite3-package/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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@@ -101,6 +101,6 @@
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   </scm>
 </project>
diff --git a/tika-xmp/pom.xml b/tika-xmp/pom.xml
index e8f68d2..a34c51c 100644
--- a/tika-xmp/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-xmp/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
     <artifactId>tika-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <relativePath>../tika-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@
   </ciManagement>
 
   <scm>
-    <tag>2.2.1-rc2</tag>
+    <tag>2.6.0-rc1</tag>
   </scm>
 </project>