diff --git a/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml b/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml
index b3f45a7b..9e3da801 100644
--- a/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml
+++ b/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 c2d1258d..d87caf1f 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 e4b0a9c2..8d800957 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 dd4143e5..80e9846f 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 accd86c0..4e5088a7 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 0a7ceb86..b42d6903 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 56043cfb..6a359b00 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 d0679aa5..1e49547f 100644
--- a/chapter-5/chapter-5-quarkus-kafka-streams/pom.xml
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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 951686b5..aecb1065 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 c96ee98f..4f770263 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-cloud-config/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-config/pom.xml b/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-config/pom.xml
index 06d2db14..2176108c 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 9ff4da74..8572fca0 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 8d4d8ef6..821cd8b1 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-debug/pom.xml
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diff --git a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-monitoring/pom.xml b/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-monitoring/pom.xml
index d5da4046..670bb7ab 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-monitoring/pom.xml
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index b543ad06..a5521b73 100644
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