diff --git a/examples/cactus-example-carbon-accounting-business-logic-plugin/package.json b/examples/cactus-example-carbon-accounting-business-logic-plugin/package.json
index bbf7fd4c3ec..e4bda28047d 100644
--- a/examples/cactus-example-carbon-accounting-business-logic-plugin/package.json
+++ b/examples/cactus-example-carbon-accounting-business-logic-plugin/package.json
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index 396c0687285..69c0b401c3c 100644
--- a/examples/cactus-example-cbdc-bridging-backend/package.json
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index e2ef28cdb77..fc3fd51dd68 100644
--- a/examples/cactus-example-cbdc-bridging-frontend/package.json
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index 05515f59e34..a2aa4bbca6c 100644
--- a/examples/cactus-example-discounted-asset-trade/package.json
+++ b/examples/cactus-example-discounted-asset-trade/package.json
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index 0af01c62708..700b277e876 100644
--- a/examples/cactus-example-supply-chain-backend/package.json
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index e1bca132bf7..88f4d8a4152 100644
--- a/examples/cactus-example-supply-chain-business-logic-plugin/package.json
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index 6d82a502f39..e32686d5d25 100644
--- a/extensions/cactus-plugin-htlc-coordinator-besu/package.json
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index 75ccb7f442b..ac34ffd201b 100644
--- a/extensions/cactus-plugin-object-store-ipfs/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/package.json b/packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/package.json
index 7d4460f4732..0381abc6885 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-core-api/package.json b/packages/cactus-core-api/package.json
index ea28fd82e14..b1193382dde 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-core-api/package.json
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index 64a8061e580..26e092ea4e6 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-consortium-manual/package.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-consortium-manual/package.json
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index 5626def91b9..7ce903760cc 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/package.json
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index 277732f8196..30f410231ad 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-htlc-eth-besu/package.json
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index 4b712c8375d..2a6ae5ca85e 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-aws-sm/package.json
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index 70a313b5a32..c30c1652bc1 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-azure-kv/package.json
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index c598b2bfac7..501f81a72fb 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-google-sm/package.json
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index aad5198fe60..5264f68c76d 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-memory-wasm/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-memory/package.json b/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-memory/package.json
index 110b8ae1371..867f0766aad 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-memory/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-vault/package.json b/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-vault/package.json
index 6c4c1bfcee5..637b9501dec 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-vault/package.json
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index e85e68d0381..82fca46854c 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-besu/package.json
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index 3f4ea215e5d..8f7c1a11462 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-cdl-socketio/package.json
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index 01251e38dc8..d9d1e1b6df1 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/package.json
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index 60a8e570fc7..e01316d4dc4 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/package.json
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index 31ab6cdcf0a..a2f663d41e7 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-fabric/package.json
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index 5af46ce6c30..33069543b99 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-iroha/package.json
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index c055b4afc26..b38e6d76a58 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/package.json
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index bcdfc20d47a..810698bffe3 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-sawtooth/package.json
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index 8f8716ea020..7a6f8cdd21a 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-xdai/package.json
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index 83c97ddae32..242142adb1e 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-odap-hermes/package.json
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index 4b5cd029926..1f8024d264a 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-persistence-fabric/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-consortium-manual/package.json b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-consortium-manual/package.json
index 8016c7e84cb..3cc916ec8d2 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-consortium-manual/package.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-consortium-manual/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/package.json b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/package.json
index b0b860f9e10..4e0d6523c1e 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/package.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu/package.json b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu/package.json
index 43183684352..4c4c67f4916 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu/package.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu/package.json
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diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json
index 18d776e53d5..970debda853 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/package.json
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diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4e2a21254f7..f4aae09fb50 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
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