diff --git a/examples/access-control-migration/package.json b/examples/access-control-migration/package.json
index 612e97650035..95ab6c3aad02 100644
--- a/examples/access-control-migration/package.json
+++ b/examples/access-control-migration/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/references-many/package.json b/examples/references-many/package.json
index b0e2ee348e81..79739b480102 100644
--- a/examples/references-many/package.json
+++ b/examples/references-many/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/rest-crud/package.json b/examples/rest-crud/package.json
index 0957fcafb7a0..c8e4e91c62d4 100644
--- a/examples/rest-crud/package.json
+++ b/examples/rest-crud/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/todo-jwt/package.json b/examples/todo-jwt/package.json
index 5af518e0c200..133e1aa3cbf6 100644
--- a/examples/todo-jwt/package.json
+++ b/examples/todo-jwt/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/todo-list/package.json b/examples/todo-list/package.json
index 210ca6e7d2f3..b9c5d83ad546 100644
--- a/examples/todo-list/package.json
+++ b/examples/todo-list/package.json
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diff --git a/examples/todo/package.json b/examples/todo/package.json
index 3d17d3677fb3..5aaa419bc648 100644
--- a/examples/todo/package.json
+++ b/examples/todo/package.json
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 58ba09c25442..eadd183f5e35 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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