diff --git a/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml b/chapter-2/chapter-2-simple-project/pom.xml
index 9bbd36b3..aee360e5 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 48600886..06d9b615 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 d71c8875..62ff3b1c 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 2dce435a..66c9e60f 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 1c6953a8..2dfdfc74 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 4bfe315d..fe85ef26 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 e3c84957..68d5b7d2 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 99da91ca..f578ddd7 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 82f489e9..09793733 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 64975d5e..45620bbb 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-cloud-config/pom.xml
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index 0f74ad7f..6d0ff5d1 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 1d379457..31c3c7b9 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 88197b34..2d649291 100644
--- a/chapter-6/chapter-6-quarkus-rest-debug/pom.xml
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index 5138f3e5..41a54f1d 100644
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index 24295edf..e0d18b8a 100644
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