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Posted to commits@cxf.apache.org by dk...@apache.org on 2023/05/02 18:25:53 UTC

[cxf] branch 3.5.x-fixes updated: [maven-release-plugin] prepare release cxf-3.5.6

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dkulp pushed a commit to branch 3.5.x-fixes
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cxf.git


The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/3.5.x-fixes by this push:
     new eb7a2133a5 [maven-release-plugin] prepare release cxf-3.5.6
eb7a2133a5 is described below

commit eb7a2133a5974efc128a58ad4ed239385da3f5fc
Author: Daniel Kulp <da...@kulp.com>
AuthorDate: Tue May 2 14:25:49 2023 -0400

    [maven-release-plugin] prepare release cxf-3.5.6
---
 bom/pom.xml                                              |  2 +-
 core/pom.xml                                             |  2 +-
 distribution/javadoc/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 distribution/manifest/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 distribution/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis/pom.xml      | 10 +++++-----
 .../src/main/release/samples/aegis_standalone/pom.xml    |  4 ++--
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/callback/pom.xml   |  8 ++++----
 .../samples/clustering/failover_jaxws_osgi/pom.xml       |  8 ++++----
 .../release/samples/clustering/failover_server/pom.xml   | 10 +++++-----
 .../release/samples/configuration_interceptor/pom.xml    |  8 ++++----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/corba/bank_ws_addressing/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/corba/hello_world/pom.xml   |  8 ++++----
 .../main/release/samples/groovy_spring_support/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/in_jvm_transport/pom.xml    | 10 +++++-----
 .../src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../samples/java_first_jaxws_factory_bean/pom.xml        |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/java_first_jms/pom.xml      |  6 +++---
 .../src/main/release/samples/java_first_pojo/pom.xml     |  8 ++++----
 .../release/samples/java_first_spring_support/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic/pom.xml        |  8 ++++----
 .../release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_jetty/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_netty/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_undertow/pom.xml  |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_https/pom.xml  |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_oidc/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/big_query/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jax_rs/content_negotiation/pom.xml   | 10 +++++-----
 .../description_openapi_microprofile_spring/pom.xml      |  2 +-
 .../samples/jax_rs/description_openapi_v3/pom.xml        |  2 +-
 .../samples/jax_rs/description_openapi_v3_osgi/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../samples/jax_rs/description_openapi_v3_spring/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../samples/jax_rs/description_openapi_v3_web/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jax_rs/description_swagger2/pom.xml  |  8 ++++----
 .../samples/jax_rs/description_swagger2_osgi/pom.xml     |  8 ++++----
 .../samples/jax_rs/description_swagger2_spring/pom.xml   | 10 +++++-----
 .../samples/jax_rs/description_swagger2_web/pom.xml      |  2 +-
 .../main/release/samples/jax_rs/graalvm_basic/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/minimal_osgi/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/odata/pom.xml        |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/search/pom.xml       | 14 +++++++-------
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/spring_boot/pom.xml  |  2 +-
 .../samples/jax_rs/spring_boot_scan/application/pom.xml  |  2 +-
 .../samples/jax_rs/spring_boot_scan/client/pom.xml       |  2 +-
 .../jax_rs/spring_boot_scan/eureka-registry/pom.xml      |  2 +-
 .../main/release/samples/jax_rs/spring_security/pom.xml  |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/sse_cdi/pom.xml      |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/sse_client/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/sse_osgi/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/sse_spring/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/sse_tomcat/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../main/release/samples/jax_rs/tracing_brave/pom.xml    |  4 ++--
 .../release/samples/jax_rs/tracing_brave_osgi/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jax_rs/tracing_opentracing/pom.xml   | 14 +++++++-------
 .../samples/jax_rs/tracing_opentracing_camel/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 .../samples/jax_rs/tracing_opentracing_osgi/pom.xml      |  4 ++--
 .../src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/websocket/pom.xml    | 10 +++++-----
 .../main/release/samples/jax_rs/websocket_osgi/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../main/release/samples/jax_rs/websocket_web/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../main/release/samples/jax_server_aegis_client/pom.xml | 10 +++++-----
 .../src/main/release/samples/jaxws_async/pom.xml         | 10 +++++-----
 .../main/release/samples/jaxws_dispatch_provider/pom.xml |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/jaxws_graalvm/pom.xml       |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jaxws_graalvm_dynamic/client/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jaxws_graalvm_dynamic/server/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/jaxws_handlers/pom.xml      |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/jaxws_spring_boot/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/jaxws_tracing_brave_osgi/pom.xml     | 10 +++++-----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/jms_pubsub/pom.xml |  8 ++++----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/jms_queue/pom.xml  |  6 +++---
 .../src/main/release/samples/jms_spec_demo/pom.xml       |  6 +++---
 .../src/main/release/samples/jms_spring_config/pom.xml   |  6 +++---
 .../release/samples/js_browser_client_java_first/pom.xml | 10 +++++-----
 .../release/samples/js_browser_client_simple/pom.xml     | 10 +++++-----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/js_client/pom.xml  | 10 +++++-----
 .../src/main/release/samples/js_provider/pom.xml         |  8 ++++----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/mtom/pom.xml       |  8 ++++----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/restful_dispatch/pom.xml    | 10 +++++-----
 .../src/main/release/samples/ruby_spring_support/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/soap_header/pom.xml         |  8 ++++----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/sts/pom.xml        |  2 +-
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/throttling/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/ws_addressing/pom.xml       |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/ws_discovery/pom.xml        | 10 +++++-----
 .../src/main/release/samples/ws_eventing/pom.xml         |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/ws_notification/pom.xml     | 14 +++++++-------
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/ws_policy/pom.xml  |  8 ++++----
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/ws_rm/pom.xml      | 10 +++++-----
 .../main/release/samples/ws_security/sign_enc/pom.xml    | 16 ++++++++--------
 .../release/samples/ws_security/sign_enc_policy/pom.xml  |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/ws_security/ut/pom.xml      | 10 +++++-----
 .../main/release/samples/ws_security/ut_policy/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../main/release/samples/ws_transaction/client/pom.xml   |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/ws_transaction/pom.xml      |  2 +-
 .../main/release/samples/ws_transaction/ws_first/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/ws_transaction/ws_second/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 distribution/src/main/release/samples/wsdl_first/pom.xml |  2 +-
 .../release/samples/wsdl_first_dynamic_client/pom.xml    |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/wsdl_first_https/pom.xml    |  2 +-
 .../src/main/release/samples/wsdl_first_pure_xml/pom.xml |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/wsdl_first_rpclit/pom.xml   |  8 ++++----
 .../src/main/release/samples/wsdl_first_soap12/pom.xml   |  8 ++++----
 .../main/release/samples/wsdl_first_xml_wrapped/pom.xml  |  8 ++++----
 integration/cdi/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 integration/jca/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 integration/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 integration/spring-boot/autoconfigure/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 integration/spring-boot/pom.xml                          |  2 +-
 integration/spring-boot/starter-jaxrs/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 integration/spring-boot/starter-jaxws/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 integration/tracing/tracing-brave/pom.xml                |  2 +-
 integration/tracing/tracing-opentracing/pom.xml          |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/archetypes/cxf-jaxrs-service/pom.xml       |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/archetypes/cxf-jaxws-javafirst/pom.xml     |  4 ++--
 maven-plugins/archetypes/cxf-jaxws-wsdlfirst/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/archetypes/pom.xml                         |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/codegen-plugin/pom.xml                     |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/corba/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/java2swagger-plugin/pom.xml                |  4 ++--
 maven-plugins/java2wadl-plugin/pom.xml                   |  4 ++--
 maven-plugins/java2ws-plugin/pom.xml                     |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/pom.xml                                    |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/wadl2java-plugin/pom.xml                   |  2 +-
 maven-plugins/wsdl-validator-plugin/pom.xml              |  2 +-
 osgi/bundle/compatible/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 osgi/bundle/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 osgi/bundle/servlet-compatible/pom.xml                   |  2 +-
 osgi/itests-felix/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 osgi/itests/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 osgi/karaf/commands/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 osgi/karaf/features/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 osgi/karaf/pom.xml                                       |  2 +-
 osgi/pom.xml                                             |  2 +-
 osgi/repository/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 parent/pom.xml                                           |  2 +-
 pom.xml                                                  |  4 ++--
 rt/bindings/coloc/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 rt/bindings/corba/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 rt/bindings/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 rt/bindings/soap/pom.xml                                 |  2 +-
 rt/bindings/xml/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 rt/databinding/aegis/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 rt/databinding/jaxb/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 rt/databinding/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 rt/features/clustering/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 rt/features/logging/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 rt/features/metrics/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 rt/features/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 rt/features/throttling/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 rt/frontend/jaxrs/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 rt/frontend/jaxws/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 rt/frontend/js/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 rt/frontend/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 rt/frontend/simple/pom.xml                               |  2 +-
 rt/javascript/javascript-rt/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 rt/javascript/javascript-tests/pom.xml                   |  2 +-
 rt/javascript/pom.xml                                    |  2 +-
 rt/management/pom.xml                                    |  2 +-
 rt/pom.xml                                               |  2 +-
 rt/rs/client/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 rt/rs/description-common-openapi/pom.xml                 |  2 +-
 rt/rs/description-microprofile-openapi/pom.xml           |  2 +-
 rt/rs/description-openapi-v3/pom.xml                     |  2 +-
 rt/rs/description-swagger-ui/pom.xml                     |  2 +-
 rt/rs/description-swagger/pom.xml                        |  2 +-
 rt/rs/description/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/json-basic/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/providers/pom.xml                       |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/reactivestreams/pom.xml                 |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/reactor/pom.xml                         |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/rx/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/rx2/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/rx3/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 rt/rs/extensions/search/pom.xml                          |  2 +-
 rt/rs/http-sci/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 rt/rs/microprofile-client/pom.xml                        |  2 +-
 rt/rs/pom.xml                                            |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/cors/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/http-signature/pom.xml                    |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/jose-parent/jose-jaxrs/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/jose-parent/jose/pom.xml                  |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/jose-parent/pom.xml                       |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/oauth-parent/oauth2-saml/pom.xml          |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/oauth-parent/oauth2/pom.xml               |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/oauth-parent/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/sso/oidc/pom.xml                          |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/sso/saml/pom.xml                          |  2 +-
 rt/rs/security/xml/pom.xml                               |  2 +-
 rt/rs/sse/pom.xml                                        |  2 +-
 rt/security-saml/pom.xml                                 |  2 +-
 rt/security/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 rt/transports/http-hc/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 rt/transports/http-hc5/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 rt/transports/http-jetty/pom.xml                         |  2 +-
 rt/transports/http-netty/netty-client/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 rt/transports/http-netty/netty-server/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 rt/transports/http-undertow/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 rt/transports/http/pom.xml                               |  2 +-
 rt/transports/jms/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 rt/transports/local/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 rt/transports/pom.xml                                    |  2 +-
 rt/transports/udp/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 rt/transports/websocket/pom.xml                          |  2 +-
 rt/ws/addr/pom.xml                                       |  2 +-
 rt/ws/eventing/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 rt/ws/mex/pom.xml                                        |  2 +-
 rt/ws/policy/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 rt/ws/pom.xml                                            |  2 +-
 rt/ws/rm/pom.xml                                         |  2 +-
 rt/ws/security/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 rt/ws/transfer/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 rt/wsdl/pom.xml                                          |  2 +-
 services/pom.xml                                         |  2 +-
 services/sts/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 services/sts/sts-core/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 services/sts/systests/advanced/pom.xml                   |  2 +-
 services/sts/systests/basic/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 services/sts/systests/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 services/sts/systests/sts-itests/pom.xml                 |  2 +-
 services/sts/systests/sts-osgi/pom.xml                   |  2 +-
 services/ws-discovery/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 services/ws-discovery/ws-discovery-api/pom.xml           |  2 +-
 services/ws-discovery/ws-discovery-service/pom.xml       |  2 +-
 services/wsn/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 services/wsn/wsn-api/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 services/wsn/wsn-core/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 services/wsn/wsn-osgi/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 services/xkms/pom.xml                                    |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-client/pom.xml                        |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-common/pom.xml                        |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-features/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-itests/pom.xml                        |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-osgi/pom.xml                          |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-service/pom.xml                       |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-war/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-x509-handlers/pom.xml                 |  2 +-
 services/xkms/xkms-x509-repo-ldap/pom.xml                |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/base/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-owb/cdi-multiple-apps-owb/pom.xml       |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-owb/cdi-no-apps-owb/pom.xml             |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-owb/cdi-producers-owb/pom.xml           |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-owb/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-weld/cdi-multiple-apps-weld/pom.xml     |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-weld/cdi-no-apps-weld/pom.xml           |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-weld/cdi-producers-weld/pom.xml         |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/cdi-weld/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 systests/cdi/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 systests/container-integration/grizzly/pom.xml           |  2 +-
 systests/container-integration/pom.xml                   |  2 +-
 systests/container-integration/webapp/pom.xml            |  2 +-
 systests/databinding/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 systests/forked/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 systests/jaxrs/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 systests/jaxws/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 systests/kerberos/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 systests/ldap/pom.xml                                    |  2 +-
 systests/microprofile/client/async/pom.xml               |  2 +-
 systests/microprofile/client/jaxrs/pom.xml               |  2 +-
 systests/microprofile/client/nocdi/pom.xml               |  2 +-
 systests/microprofile/client/tracing/pom.xml             |  2 +-
 systests/microprofile/client/weld/pom.xml                |  2 +-
 systests/microprofile/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 systests/pom.xml                                         |  2 +-
 systests/rs-http-sci/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 systests/rs-security/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 systests/rs-sse/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 systests/rs-sse/rs-sse-base/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 systests/rs-sse/rs-sse-jetty/pom.xml                     |  2 +-
 systests/rs-sse/rs-sse-tomcat/pom.xml                    |  2 +-
 systests/rs-sse/rs-sse-undertow/pom.xml                  |  2 +-
 systests/spring-boot/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 systests/tracing/pom.xml                                 |  2 +-
 systests/transport-hc5/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 systests/transport-jms/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 systests/transport-netty/pom.xml                         |  2 +-
 systests/transport-undertow/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 systests/transports/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 systests/uncategorized/pom.xml                           |  2 +-
 systests/ws-rm/pom.xml                                   |  2 +-
 systests/ws-security-examples/pom.xml                    |  2 +-
 systests/ws-security/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 systests/ws-specs/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 systests/ws-transfer/pom.xml                             |  2 +-
 systests/wsdl_maven/codegen/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 systests/wsdl_maven/java2ws/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 systests/wsdl_maven/pom.xml                              |  2 +-
 testutils/pom.xml                                        |  2 +-
 tools/common/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 tools/corba/pom.xml                                      |  2 +-
 tools/javato/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 tools/javato/ws/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 tools/pom.xml                                            |  2 +-
 tools/validator/pom.xml                                  |  2 +-
 tools/wadlto/jaxrs/pom.xml                               |  2 +-
 tools/wadlto/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 tools/wsdlto/core/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 tools/wsdlto/databinding/jaxb/pom.xml                    |  2 +-
 tools/wsdlto/frontend/javascript/pom.xml                 |  2 +-
 tools/wsdlto/frontend/jaxws/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 tools/wsdlto/misc/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 tools/wsdlto/pom.xml                                     |  2 +-
 tools/wsdlto/test/pom.xml                                |  2 +-
 305 files changed, 478 insertions(+), 478 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 7717950ce3..c4a6b896f4 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>cxf-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index d8939a9700..7d2a80a72e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/distribution/javadoc/pom.xml b/distribution/javadoc/pom.xml
index 9668c3a068..33c863c13b 100644
--- a/distribution/javadoc/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/javadoc/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/distribution/manifest/pom.xml b/distribution/manifest/pom.xml
index 406c8328c9..784cafc503 100644
--- a/distribution/manifest/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/manifest/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 177e83f49c..4016cbcbef 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>cxf-parent</artifactId>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis/pom.xml
index 42069745a5..b4d0e4a895 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
     </parent>
     <properties>
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@@ -88,24 +88,24 @@
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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             <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <dependency>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis_standalone/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis_standalone/pom.xml
index 2779240b50..ce67ebb03d 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis_standalone/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/aegis_standalone/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <properties>
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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <dependency>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/callback/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/callback/pom.xml
index 62f4d35ecf..2cbb9c5e8e 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/callback/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/callback/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <properties>
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@@ -117,17 +117,17 @@
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_jaxws_osgi/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_jaxws_osgi/pom.xml
index 1ab7ae0ec1..add3a2d645 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_jaxws_osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_jaxws_osgi/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf.samples</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
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@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ under the License.
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             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-rs-client</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-features-clustering</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_server/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_server/pom.xml
index aeabf33db8..b63c214bab 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_server/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/clustering/failover_server/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ under the License.
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf.samples</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-samples</artifactId>
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
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@@ -58,22 +58,22 @@ under the License.
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/configuration_interceptor/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/configuration_interceptor/pom.xml
index 04d83e1e12..688bddcf3d 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/configuration_interceptor/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/configuration_interceptor/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <properties>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank/pom.xml
index c9494c27ab..2e8e1d1f62 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank_ws_addressing/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank_ws_addressing/pom.xml
index fea9df78f8..7eec5305e4 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank_ws_addressing/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/bank_ws_addressing/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <properties>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/hello_world/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/hello_world/pom.xml
index d8de8a0cee..0b737e36e8 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/hello_world/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/corba/hello_world/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/groovy_spring_support/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/groovy_spring_support/pom.xml
index 2637997d70..cb1b95fa96 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/groovy_spring_support/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/groovy_spring_support/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>cxf-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/in_jvm_transport/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/in_jvm_transport/pom.xml
index 7eabc6d9cf..581e9ab159 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/in_jvm_transport/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/in_jvm_transport/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
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-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <properties>
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@@ -87,23 +87,23 @@
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <!-- Jetty is needed if you're using the CXFServlet -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
index dc520788b4..17fb13d4ce 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf.samples</groupId>
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-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <build>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws_factory_bean/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws_factory_bean/pom.xml
index f97212eb2f..30a690d103 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws_factory_bean/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jaxws_factory_bean/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf.samples</groupId>
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-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <properties>
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@@ -82,18 +82,18 @@
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             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <!-- Jetty is needed if you're using the CXFServlet -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jms/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jms/pom.xml
index 190512cbcf..a8011a2887 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jms/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_jms/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
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         <artifactId>cxf-samples</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
     </parent>
     <properties>
         <cxf.version>${project.version}</cxf.version>
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@
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             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_pojo/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_pojo/pom.xml
index 2787eaa7e2..e46aba1de2 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_pojo/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_pojo/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf.samples</groupId>
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-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <properties>
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@@ -82,18 +82,18 @@
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <!-- Jetty is needed if you're using the CXFServlet -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
             <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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     </dependencies>
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_spring_support/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_spring_support/pom.xml
index 550e20f25c..1787e9dbd0 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_spring_support/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/java_first_spring_support/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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     <build>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic/pom.xml
index dc91b80a6b..4bb8ae7f09 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf.samples</groupId>
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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             <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
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+            <version>3.5.6</version>
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         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.ws.rs</groupId>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_jetty/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_jetty/pom.xml
index 2f2e4d452d..3e7690d402 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_jetty/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_jetty/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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     <profiles>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_netty/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_netty/pom.xml
index 4fd63a21fe..1ae63c037f 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_netty/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/basic_http2_netty/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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+        <version>3.5.6</version>
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index 18c1bbd83e..b6e9d3c83a 100644
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index fdd685c20c..e2932afb73 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/sse_osgi/pom.xml
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diff --git a/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/tracing_brave/pom.xml b/distribution/src/main/release/samples/jax_rs/tracing_brave/pom.xml
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index f88056f8b1..b7acccc222 100644
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diff --git a/integration/spring-boot/starter-jaxrs/pom.xml b/integration/spring-boot/starter-jaxrs/pom.xml
index 64e370851b..f19b92e636 100644
--- a/integration/spring-boot/starter-jaxrs/pom.xml
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index ed9c81bdcb..c13c8a8fbc 100644
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diff --git a/integration/tracing/tracing-brave/pom.xml b/integration/tracing/tracing-brave/pom.xml
index fdcd8ddc21..fe59b10aed 100644
--- a/integration/tracing/tracing-brave/pom.xml
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diff --git a/integration/tracing/tracing-opentracing/pom.xml b/integration/tracing/tracing-opentracing/pom.xml
index ec25d7aef7..fc3cef23bc 100644
--- a/integration/tracing/tracing-opentracing/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/archetypes/cxf-jaxrs-service/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/archetypes/cxf-jaxrs-service/pom.xml
index 27176678bc..8a12aefc10 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/archetypes/cxf-jaxrs-service/pom.xml
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index ff9dd0a240..e161d16c5e 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/archetypes/cxf-jaxws-javafirst/pom.xml
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index 82ccfff3b5..e2e1bd6617 100644
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/codegen-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/codegen-plugin/pom.xml
index 9d0ca81df3..3385644e91 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/codegen-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/corba/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/corba/pom.xml
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--- a/maven-plugins/corba/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/java2swagger-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/java2swagger-plugin/pom.xml
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--- a/maven-plugins/java2swagger-plugin/pom.xml
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--- a/maven-plugins/wadl2java-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/osgi/bundle/compatible/pom.xml b/osgi/bundle/compatible/pom.xml
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index ace93a7768..e4ce37046d 100644
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index ddb1e59055..36d73b2f81 100644
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diff --git a/rt/bindings/coloc/pom.xml b/rt/bindings/coloc/pom.xml
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index f902c355ef..fba6949b92 100644
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diff --git a/rt/bindings/pom.xml b/rt/bindings/pom.xml
index 583bca52ec..f057dc3b2a 100644
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diff --git a/rt/bindings/soap/pom.xml b/rt/bindings/soap/pom.xml
index 9b25d4c578..3de9ee72e6 100644
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diff --git a/rt/bindings/xml/pom.xml b/rt/bindings/xml/pom.xml
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index 2db0a87872..fa8e5aa037 100644
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diff --git a/tools/wsdlto/frontend/jaxws/pom.xml b/tools/wsdlto/frontend/jaxws/pom.xml
index f1a93a1f3e..21f1ed9400 100644
--- a/tools/wsdlto/frontend/jaxws/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/wsdlto/frontend/jaxws/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
         <relativePath>../../../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/tools/wsdlto/misc/pom.xml b/tools/wsdlto/misc/pom.xml
index 72f7a70b96..295f9b5560 100644
--- a/tools/wsdlto/misc/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/wsdlto/misc/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
         <relativePath>../../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/tools/wsdlto/pom.xml b/tools/wsdlto/pom.xml
index 968457f83e..747cfd599e 100644
--- a/tools/wsdlto/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/wsdlto/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
     </parent>
     <modules>
         <module>core</module>
diff --git a/tools/wsdlto/test/pom.xml b/tools/wsdlto/test/pom.xml
index dba682243b..3e87a4faf6 100644
--- a/tools/wsdlto/test/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/wsdlto/test/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
         <artifactId>cxf-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.5.6</version>
         <relativePath>../../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>