diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 3ade8022359..b25d67b1890 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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diff --git a/database/pom.xml b/database/pom.xml
index 3c96b034f15..8eb6836f337 100644
--- a/database/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distro/jbossas7/modules/pom.xml b/distro/jbossas7/modules/pom.xml
index d1c99c8272e..88db618c35c 100644
--- a/distro/jbossas7/modules/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distro/jbossas7/pom.xml b/distro/jbossas7/pom.xml
index e64801f5964..789f758061a 100644
--- a/distro/jbossas7/pom.xml
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   <groupId>org.camunda.bpm.jboss</groupId>
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index da3ce825481..1c15bd54d3f 100644
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index 9ebeed39eb0..fbc5405eb88 100644
--- a/distro/jbossas7/webapp-standalone/pom.xml
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   <groupId>org.camunda.bpm.webapp</groupId>
diff --git a/distro/jbossas7/webapp/pom.xml b/distro/jbossas7/webapp/pom.xml
index b62a91560e6..f69a8767015 100644
--- a/distro/jbossas7/webapp/pom.xml
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   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/distro/license-book/pom.xml b/distro/license-book/pom.xml
index 74fb9b83f85..65301eab199 100644
--- a/distro/license-book/pom.xml
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   <artifactId>license-book</artifactId>
diff --git a/distro/run/assembly/pom.xml b/distro/run/assembly/pom.xml
index 3c10e817a35..f7654391309 100644
--- a/distro/run/assembly/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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diff --git a/distro/run/core/pom.xml b/distro/run/core/pom.xml
index b646130a3fc..828968fc339 100644
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diff --git a/distro/run/distro/pom.xml b/distro/run/distro/pom.xml
index 08d68311654..6e54ff1b242 100644
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diff --git a/distro/run/modules/pom.xml b/distro/run/modules/pom.xml
index 81401390859..bd9657593c9 100644
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index fe1385fb2fa..90469deea3e 100644
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diff --git a/distro/run/modules/webapps/pom.xml b/distro/run/modules/webapps/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distro/run/pom.xml b/distro/run/pom.xml
index 749cf3da2e5..9fde62a6989 100644
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diff --git a/distro/sql-script/pom.xml b/distro/sql-script/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distro/tomcat/assembly/pom.xml b/distro/tomcat/assembly/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distro/wildfly/subsystem/pom.xml b/distro/wildfly/subsystem/pom.xml
index c2d220b2767..b374563d4ad 100644
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diff --git a/engine-cdi/pom.xml b/engine-cdi/pom.xml
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index 457da054b0f..1590087561c 100644
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@@ -60,4 +60,8 @@
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+  <scm>
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diff --git a/engine-dmn/engine/pom.xml b/engine-dmn/engine/pom.xml
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diff --git a/engine-dmn/pom.xml b/engine-dmn/pom.xml
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diff --git a/engine-plugins/connect-plugin/pom.xml b/engine-plugins/connect-plugin/pom.xml
index e8bc26a94a7..cfcf6becffb 100644
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diff --git a/engine-plugins/identity-ldap/pom.xml b/engine-plugins/identity-ldap/pom.xml
index ef968e21a8d..8a318c55b30 100644
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index 9cd57a73bb9..e3f57c0ca8c 100644
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diff --git a/engine-plugins/spin-plugin/pom.xml b/engine-plugins/spin-plugin/pom.xml
index b8b399f8270..969c8def5a9 100644
--- a/engine-plugins/spin-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/engine-rest/assembly/pom.xml b/engine-rest/assembly/pom.xml
index d60a735ecf3..95e532cee40 100644
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index fcc46f90981..f363419bf60 100644
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index 358141cef33..3b6012456bd 100644
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