diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index dd0b406a64b..e4accddc6aa 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/data/pom.xml b/contrib/data/pom.xml
index 26a7dd870f8..bf158e08a46 100644
--- a/contrib/data/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/data/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <groupId>org.apache.drill.contrib.data</groupId>
diff --git a/contrib/data/tpch-sample-data/pom.xml b/contrib/data/tpch-sample-data/pom.xml
index fb2bc205aba..4266060b333 100644
--- a/contrib/data/tpch-sample-data/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/data/tpch-sample-data/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <artifactId>tpch-sample-data</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/format-maprdb/pom.xml b/contrib/format-maprdb/pom.xml
index 0a09c3da8ac..8297a7ec035 100644
--- a/contrib/format-maprdb/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>drill-format-mapr</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/pom.xml b/contrib/pom.xml
index bd879f6c6f9..208ec08e804 100644
--- a/contrib/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/storage-hbase/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-hbase/pom.xml
index a3e384e9037..18a7f1a4197 100644
--- a/contrib/storage-hbase/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <artifactId>drill-storage-hbase</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/storage-hive/core/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-hive/core/pom.xml
index 0203efbf90e..29c80405bd6 100644
--- a/contrib/storage-hive/core/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>drill-storage-hive-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/storage-hive/hive-exec-shade/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-hive/hive-exec-shade/pom.xml
index 824f9a4db93..60db581c7b8 100644
--- a/contrib/storage-hive/hive-exec-shade/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/storage-hive/hive-exec-shade/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/storage-hive/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-hive/pom.xml
index 922cdf3e143..b0ec60d1ba0 100644
--- a/contrib/storage-hive/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <groupId>org.apache.drill.contrib.storage-hive</groupId>
diff --git a/contrib/storage-jdbc/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-jdbc/pom.xml
index 62688747106..b136c2aa85d 100755
--- a/contrib/storage-jdbc/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <artifactId>drill-jdbc-storage</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/storage-kafka/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-kafka/pom.xml
index 4cc95f86c4f..d138695533b 100644
--- a/contrib/storage-kafka/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>drill-storage-kafka</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/storage-kudu/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-kudu/pom.xml
index e5a3c71c882..ab162c0606c 100644
--- a/contrib/storage-kudu/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <artifactId>drill-kudu-storage</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/storage-mongo/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-mongo/pom.xml
index 5bdee246f22..7d7bc5e66b3 100644
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   <artifactId>drill-mongo-storage</artifactId>
diff --git a/contrib/storage-opentsdb/pom.xml b/contrib/storage-opentsdb/pom.xml
index 7ffcef2ad52..933fc45a5a4 100644
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diff --git a/contrib/udfs/pom.xml b/contrib/udfs/pom.xml
index c0bc4e51ca0..232ce462490 100644
--- a/contrib/udfs/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 31a64f74f05..3c00521e24b 100644
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/drill-yarn/pom.xml b/drill-yarn/pom.xml
index edb6023db4a..41acda7f5fc 100644
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diff --git a/exec/java-exec/pom.xml b/exec/java-exec/pom.xml
index df150e56272..1236fdd8f84 100644
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/exec/jdbc-all/pom.xml b/exec/jdbc-all/pom.xml
index 67a3bb8afbe..1090f9b5e7c 100644
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   <artifactId>drill-jdbc-all</artifactId>
diff --git a/exec/jdbc/pom.xml b/exec/jdbc/pom.xml
index f9637d3fcfe..5fef23bf9f4 100644
--- a/exec/jdbc/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/exec/memory/base/pom.xml b/exec/memory/base/pom.xml
index fd8d562e5fa..5486bb8ab6b 100644
--- a/exec/memory/base/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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   <artifactId>drill-memory-base</artifactId>
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diff --git a/exec/memory/pom.xml b/exec/memory/pom.xml
index b5f893e0c1d..df943e44d76 100644
--- a/exec/memory/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/exec/pom.xml b/exec/pom.xml
index c2411278447..c54d6849f25 100644
--- a/exec/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/exec/rpc/pom.xml b/exec/rpc/pom.xml
index 7d577417443..087009bf4ba 100644
--- a/exec/rpc/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/exec/vector/pom.xml b/exec/vector/pom.xml
index ff3e561c435..091b160f5bb 100644
--- a/exec/vector/pom.xml
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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diff --git a/logical/pom.xml b/logical/pom.xml
index caa126cedb4..3f0daa1f8f9 100644
--- a/logical/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9f17dab644..a900ab4e37f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
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+  <version>${revision}</version>
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@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
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     <sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>source-release-zip-tar</sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>
diff --git a/protocol/pom.xml b/protocol/pom.xml
index a98254d83ab..608d5f9f998 100644
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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diff --git a/tools/fmpp/pom.xml b/tools/fmpp/pom.xml
index c3d17fd41a6..4947d267800 100644
--- a/tools/fmpp/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 158c4948b1c..2ae6a590f84 100644
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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