diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
 
+// update3
 # Contributing guidelines
 
 ## Code formatting
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+test CI
 # Java Driver for Apache Cassandra®
 
 :warning: The java-driver has recently been donated by Datastax to The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache Cassandra project.  Bear with us as we move assets and coordinates.