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--- a/tests/shaded/bookkeeper-server-shaded-test/pom.xml
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index e7a83de147d..b5671a13012 100644
--- a/tests/shaded/bookkeeper-server-tests-shaded-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tests/shaded/distributedlog-core-shaded-test/pom.xml b/tests/shaded/distributedlog-core-shaded-test/pom.xml
index be822e79c08..fce4ac44478 100644
--- a/tests/shaded/distributedlog-core-shaded-test/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tests/shaded/pom.xml b/tests/shaded/pom.xml
index da05a242c02..d23817495df 100644
--- a/tests/shaded/pom.xml
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diff --git a/testtools/pom.xml b/testtools/pom.xml
index 6ac744f2314..e3a4cf1847f 100644
--- a/testtools/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tools/all/pom.xml b/tools/all/pom.xml
index de8048c098a..1adad3d7430 100644
--- a/tools/all/pom.xml
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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diff --git a/tools/framework/pom.xml b/tools/framework/pom.xml
index 6f630379469..449e5458800 100644
--- a/tools/framework/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tools/ledger/pom.xml b/tools/ledger/pom.xml
index e2452fde547..0e5e98e3c8e 100644
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diff --git a/tools/perf/pom.xml b/tools/perf/pom.xml
index cf130b12465..24c67af4a5c 100644
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diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 60cbbc65ecd..4a2a7e44956 100644
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diff --git a/tools/stream/pom.xml b/tools/stream/pom.xml
index c96a6c6b7e7..fbdc43edd6e 100644
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