diff --git a/a2a/pom.xml b/a2a/pom.xml
index c1e031a3a..d47739a89 100644
--- a/a2a/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/firestore-session-service/pom.xml b/contrib/firestore-session-service/pom.xml
index fed80ab0c..6dba2ec2b 100644
--- a/contrib/firestore-session-service/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/langchain4j/pom.xml b/contrib/langchain4j/pom.xml
index a0476a06d..f69e1877b 100644
--- a/contrib/langchain4j/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/planners/pom.xml b/contrib/planners/pom.xml
index c678a2d9f..7d59ac8a9 100644
--- a/contrib/planners/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/a2a_basic/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/a2a_basic/pom.xml
index f4e51fb2e..5d4804549 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/a2a_basic/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/a2a_server/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/a2a_server/pom.xml
index 18e95d1e1..5a19461f2 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/a2a_server/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/configagent/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/configagent/pom.xml
index 2d21d237f..cc1c77999 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/configagent/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/github/adkprtriaging/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/github/adkprtriaging/pom.xml
index 8166a8c2e..82ea614b0 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/github/adkprtriaging/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/github/adkreleasedocs/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/github/adkreleasedocs/pom.xml
index 293e0bfe7..8d4027cc6 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/github/adkreleasedocs/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/github/adkspam/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/github/adkspam/pom.xml
index a50ab8db7..b5100a883 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/github/adkspam/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/github/adkstale/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/github/adkstale/pom.xml
index 2e910f6ff..55b06cf4c 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/github/adkstale/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/github/adktriaging/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/github/adktriaging/pom.xml
index 8f15563db..70f106529 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/github/adktriaging/pom.xml
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/github/githubtools/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/github/githubtools/pom.xml
index cb9381ac3..eb477d7b8 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/github/githubtools/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/helloworld/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/helloworld/pom.xml
index 82c48c71c..724df6ab9 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/helloworld/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/mcpfilesystem/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/mcpfilesystem/pom.xml
index 48e372d48..7210fe7a2 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/mcpfilesystem/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/samples/pom.xml b/contrib/samples/pom.xml
index 4fe2b54be..60c996f72 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/pom.xml
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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diff --git a/contrib/spring-ai/pom.xml b/contrib/spring-ai/pom.xml
index eaab5b63d..fb2260f02 100644
--- a/contrib/spring-ai/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c225d71c3..4ffe176d4 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>google-adk</artifactId>
diff --git a/dev/pom.xml b/dev/pom.xml
index bdeea926e..aba1d13a7 100644
--- a/dev/pom.xml
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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diff --git a/maven_plugin/examples/custom_tools/pom.xml b/maven_plugin/examples/custom_tools/pom.xml
index efd7dbb9a..78c6f500e 100644
--- a/maven_plugin/examples/custom_tools/pom.xml
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diff --git a/maven_plugin/examples/simple-agent/pom.xml b/maven_plugin/examples/simple-agent/pom.xml
index f0c7d77ac..f6480247c 100644
--- a/maven_plugin/examples/simple-agent/pom.xml
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
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-    <version>1.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-adk:current} -->
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diff --git a/maven_plugin/pom.xml b/maven_plugin/pom.xml
index 038109413..e4adca2a2 100644
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fa4827d6..4ed57dab5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
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diff --git a/tutorials/city-time-weather/pom.xml b/tutorials/city-time-weather/pom.xml
index fde1a112b..626a60c4c 100644
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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index 123929fbc..50cebaadd 100644
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