diff --git a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Metrics.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Metrics.Tests.MultiNode.csproj b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Metrics.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Metrics.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
index 2d438607b6d..4840a690402 100644
--- a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Metrics.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Metrics.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
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diff --git a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Sharding.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Sharding.Tests.MultiNode.csproj b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Sharding.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Sharding.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
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diff --git a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Tools.Tests.MultiNode.csproj b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Tools.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
index c87b0f06e89..c4b841e1833 100644
--- a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.Cluster.Tools.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Tools.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
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diff --git a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.DistributedData.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.DistributedData.Tests.MultiNode.csproj b/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.DistributedData.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.DistributedData.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
index 6981f2784f4..df7b04c953d 100644
--- a/src/contrib/cluster/Akka.DistributedData.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.DistributedData.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
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diff --git a/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common.csproj b/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common.csproj
index 085a1a62eec..615eedceda2 100644
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@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 
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diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Cluster.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Tests.MultiNode.csproj b/src/core/Akka.Cluster.Tests.MultiNode/Akka.Cluster.Tests.MultiNode.csproj
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