diff --git a/distributedlog-benchmark/pom.xml b/distributedlog-benchmark/pom.xml
index 0833fae4..7ed0e84f 100644
--- a/distributedlog-benchmark/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/distributedlog-client/pom.xml b/distributedlog-client/pom.xml
index 332fbb9c..e4984834 100644
--- a/distributedlog-client/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/distributedlog-core/pom.xml b/distributedlog-core/pom.xml
index c05ea549..eaf50b19 100644
--- a/distributedlog-core/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/distributedlog-example/pom.xml b/distributedlog-example/pom.xml
index 9b29b352..8063fd04 100644
--- a/distributedlog-example/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/distributedlog-protocol/pom.xml b/distributedlog-protocol/pom.xml
index a21b0e65..caba4dae 100644
--- a/distributedlog-protocol/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-service/pom.xml b/distributedlog-service/pom.xml
index 7660f5e7..9bd23ac9 100644
--- a/distributedlog-service/pom.xml
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-basic/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-basic/pom.xml
index e5644ed0..9400bb98 100644
--- a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-basic/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-kafka/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-kafka/pom.xml
index bb1e7308..e57fb10a 100644
--- a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-kafka/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-mapreduce/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 371cdf5f..2fe3a631 100644
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-messaging/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/distributedlog-messaging/pom.xml
index a80f359d..0b70d5fb 100644
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diff --git a/distributedlog-tutorials/pom.xml b/distributedlog-tutorials/pom.xml
index 7aa19c87..2dc22d9a 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74e49b6b..6c7af26d 100644
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