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index 90455c2c3c..01bcdbb1ba 100644
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index e07622e76b..1b9bd317e5 100644
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     <description>This SDK is announced to be deprecated latest by 31 December 2022, please follow more details on SDK deprecation plan https://docs.commercetools.com/api/releases/2021-08-31-announced-long-term-support-plan-for-commercetools-sdks. We recommend you to use our new SDK here https://docs.commercetools.com/sdk/jvm-sdk#java-sdk-v2.</description>
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