diff --git a/captchaservice-backend/pom.xml b/captchaservice-backend/pom.xml
index f5d004ce..fe632c07 100644
--- a/captchaservice-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/captchaservice-backend/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
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