diff --git a/dropwizard-assets/pom.xml b/dropwizard-assets/pom.xml
index 612a05c1e4a..b98a30a583b 100644
--- a/dropwizard-assets/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-assets</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-auth/pom.xml b/dropwizard-auth/pom.xml
index d80239f49a2..55932b05028 100644
--- a/dropwizard-auth/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-auth</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-client/pom.xml b/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
index f870e7146c7..a2da3a3ed13 100644
--- a/dropwizard-client/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-configuration/pom.xml b/dropwizard-configuration/pom.xml
index 969f6411550..0846161b858 100644
--- a/dropwizard-configuration/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-configuration</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-core/pom.xml b/dropwizard-core/pom.xml
index dc7a0a8a5b8..81c569a374c 100644
--- a/dropwizard-core/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-db/pom.xml b/dropwizard-db/pom.xml
index e6091364d1f..572ec554dba 100644
--- a/dropwizard-db/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-db</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-example/pom.xml b/dropwizard-example/pom.xml
index 01483c9eaf0..ab422875911 100644
--- a/dropwizard-example/pom.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
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diff --git a/dropwizard-forms/pom.xml b/dropwizard-forms/pom.xml
index b7b392a874e..86225a0bb77 100644
--- a/dropwizard-forms/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-forms</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-hibernate/pom.xml b/dropwizard-hibernate/pom.xml
index fbc5102e406..d097d1075a8 100644
--- a/dropwizard-hibernate/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-hibernate</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jackson/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jackson/pom.xml
index 40259fd73c9..a5e367aa20b 100644
--- a/dropwizard-jackson/pom.xml
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-jackson</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jdbi/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jdbi/pom.xml
index 155d9ac38d6..5cfa7f16a39 100755
--- a/dropwizard-jdbi/pom.xml
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-jdbi</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jersey/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jersey/pom.xml
index 829fd067050..a8f125f27f6 100644
--- a/dropwizard-jersey/pom.xml
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-jersey</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-jetty/pom.xml b/dropwizard-jetty/pom.xml
index 2c738149fb0..c9a2dd47103 100644
--- a/dropwizard-jetty/pom.xml
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diff --git a/dropwizard-lifecycle/pom.xml b/dropwizard-lifecycle/pom.xml
index da8c79f6cec..24c6a429a75 100644
--- a/dropwizard-lifecycle/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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diff --git a/dropwizard-logging/pom.xml b/dropwizard-logging/pom.xml
index 22629241717..745d0a25c82 100644
--- a/dropwizard-logging/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml
index 016dd5455c3..c5155f10450 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics-ganglia/pom.xml
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-metrics-ganglia</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics-graphite/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics-graphite/pom.xml
index f458e4b1b29..0f373eca8ee 100644
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diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics/pom.xml
index f6d9e9ba9e6..6f9a4847ddd 100644
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-metrics</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-migrations/pom.xml b/dropwizard-migrations/pom.xml
index 4f9730a99ad..cbc97620896 100644
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diff --git a/dropwizard-servlets/pom.xml b/dropwizard-servlets/pom.xml
index 80dda2fc2e2..dc5be5f3840 100644
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diff --git a/dropwizard-spdy/pom.xml b/dropwizard-spdy/pom.xml
index a3ed1108b39..61552dd7582 100644
--- a/dropwizard-spdy/pom.xml
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diff --git a/dropwizard-testing/pom.xml b/dropwizard-testing/pom.xml
index 670a6967d4a..cb75f540a64 100644
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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diff --git a/dropwizard-util/pom.xml b/dropwizard-util/pom.xml
index f499f46e303..b50b0de06e7 100644
--- a/dropwizard-util/pom.xml
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diff --git a/dropwizard-validation/pom.xml b/dropwizard-validation/pom.xml
index 0924dcbb40e..c994db98014 100644
--- a/dropwizard-validation/pom.xml
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diff --git a/dropwizard-views-freemarker/pom.xml b/dropwizard-views-freemarker/pom.xml
index 65ea91ace81..b53191c5cc8 100644
--- a/dropwizard-views-freemarker/pom.xml
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diff --git a/dropwizard-views-mustache/pom.xml b/dropwizard-views-mustache/pom.xml
index 0f924b522e3..6a7a75949d4 100644
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     <artifactId>dropwizard-views-mustache</artifactId>
diff --git a/dropwizard-views/pom.xml b/dropwizard-views/pom.xml
index eb18cb36f46..865d6d67eb0 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d026ef281f..b6062133f63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
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+    <version>0.7.0-rc2</version>
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
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