diff --git a/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml b/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml
index 177b6de4..6407e9cf 100644
--- a/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-3/chapter-3-quarkus-rest-json/pom.xml b/chapter-3/chapter-3-quarkus-rest-json/pom.xml
index 986e2efd..862f16eb 100644
--- a/chapter-3/chapter-3-quarkus-rest-json/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-activerecord/pom.xml b/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-activerecord/pom.xml
index efd4e667..2443d8ce 100644
--- a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-activerecord/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-reactive-activerecord/pom.xml b/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-reactive-activerecord/pom.xml
index 171d0c66..e68dd084 100644
--- a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-reactive-activerecord/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-reactive-repository/pom.xml b/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-reactive-repository/pom.xml
index 6ac30654..19a8b081 100644
--- a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-reactive-repository/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-repository/pom.xml b/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-repository/pom.xml
index 6ad145ea..5527ddd5 100644
--- a/chapter-4/chapter-4-quarkus-panache-repository/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-cloud-events/pom.xml b/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-cloud-events/pom.xml
index e69189b4..61123dc2 100644
--- a/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-cloud-events/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-kafka-streams/pom.xml b/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-kafka-streams/pom.xml
index a1989e58..19354729 100644
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diff --git a/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-vertx-eventbus/pom.xml b/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-vertx-eventbus/pom.xml
index 5a02931d..3965ad4f 100644
--- a/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-vertx-eventbus/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-cloud-config/pom.xml b/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-cloud-config/pom.xml
index 6f19a293..184291dd 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-cloud-config/pom.xml
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index 88a01e9b..4da6a01e 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-config/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-database/pom.xml b/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-database/pom.xml
index 67ace109..39a3db69 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-database/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-debug/pom.xml b/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-debug/pom.xml
index 5819357f..0dca8874 100644
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index a4c983f0..0f8e02d5 100644
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index d319874d..07db97ef 100644
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