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diff --git a/platform-camel/ihe/pom.xml b/platform-camel/ihe/pom.xml
index ffaf1c6fc8..fa292e9ae6 100644
--- a/platform-camel/ihe/pom.xml
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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diff --git a/platform-camel/ihe/ws/pom.xml b/platform-camel/ihe/ws/pom.xml
index 6258c17148..0e8e207cef 100644
--- a/platform-camel/ihe/ws/pom.xml
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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diff --git a/platform-camel/ihe/xacml20/pom.xml b/platform-camel/ihe/xacml20/pom.xml
index fdc44714e9..8d1d1e7f0f 100644
--- a/platform-camel/ihe/xacml20/pom.xml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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diff --git a/platform-camel/ihe/xds/pom.xml b/platform-camel/ihe/xds/pom.xml
index 1410c37a4c..0cea2ef0b4 100644
--- a/platform-camel/ihe/xds/pom.xml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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diff --git a/platform-camel/mdht/pom.xml b/platform-camel/mdht/pom.xml
index 04be96d299..0c1eee45ea 100644
--- a/platform-camel/mdht/pom.xml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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diff --git a/platform-camel/pom.xml b/platform-camel/pom.xml
index 7b35e0dddd..d7cf60cc60 100644
--- a/platform-camel/pom.xml
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21ebc46ca9..3784a71a51 100644
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
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-       <tag>HEAD</tag>
+       <tag>ipf-5.0-rc1</tag>
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diff --git a/tutorials/basic/pom.xml b/tutorials/basic/pom.xml
index 918c3eec29..7868de57d5 100644
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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diff --git a/tutorials/config/pom.xml b/tutorials/config/pom.xml
index 14ab528a54..5936c4fb85 100644
--- a/tutorials/config/pom.xml
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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diff --git a/tutorials/fhir/pom.xml b/tutorials/fhir/pom.xml
index 73bd273400..1eb97047a9 100644
--- a/tutorials/fhir/pom.xml
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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diff --git a/tutorials/hl7/pom.xml b/tutorials/hl7/pom.xml
index 908a5d8e72..fc58d2614d 100644
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     <dependencies>
diff --git a/tutorials/iheclient/pom.xml b/tutorials/iheclient/pom.xml
index 4ca9504fd6..493df9bf74 100644
--- a/tutorials/iheclient/pom.xml
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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diff --git a/tutorials/pom.xml b/tutorials/pom.xml
index b91abe47a3..20ad10af9e 100644
--- a/tutorials/pom.xml
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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diff --git a/tutorials/xds/pom.xml b/tutorials/xds/pom.xml
index d832d61e62..12f54177fa 100644
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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