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+    <version>6.8.1</version>
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   <artifactId>cdap-system-app-unit-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/cdap-test/pom.xml b/cdap-test/pom.xml
index a808e9b223b0..28f0704c9836 100644
--- a/cdap-test/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-test/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
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diff --git a/cdap-tms-tests/pom.xml b/cdap-tms-tests/pom.xml
index 6da54b2ee6c7..6da30ecdf497 100644
--- a/cdap-tms-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-tms-tests/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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+    <version>6.8.1</version>
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   <artifactId>cdap-tms-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/cdap-tms/pom.xml b/cdap-tms/pom.xml
index 7880ff6e3a79..dfb8ee943c65 100644
--- a/cdap-tms/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-tms/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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+    <version>6.8.1</version>
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   <artifactId>cdap-tms</artifactId>
diff --git a/cdap-ui b/cdap-ui
index 5afed030d7ae..e3ea44be0721 160000
--- a/cdap-ui
+++ b/cdap-ui
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5afed030d7aea1d1443804abead0e10c2dd1c37c
+Subproject commit e3ea44be07218d60a34285f1855779b8f78a647c
diff --git a/cdap-unit-test-spark2_2.11/pom.xml b/cdap-unit-test-spark2_2.11/pom.xml
index d4e84cc51047..e685f8dcad34 100644
--- a/cdap-unit-test-spark2_2.11/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-unit-test-spark2_2.11/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>cdap-unit-test-spark2_2.11</artifactId>
diff --git a/cdap-unit-test-spark3_2.12/pom.xml b/cdap-unit-test-spark3_2.12/pom.xml
index 37763c99b3f5..61461241e3f1 100644
--- a/cdap-unit-test-spark3_2.12/pom.xml
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diff --git a/cdap-unit-test/pom.xml b/cdap-unit-test/pom.xml
index 5f6497a3c8a8..206005390fc5 100644
--- a/cdap-unit-test/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>cdap-unit-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/cdap-watchdog-api/pom.xml b/cdap-watchdog-api/pom.xml
index 54d618eef72e..6c2d33f1623d 100644
--- a/cdap-watchdog-api/pom.xml
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>cdap-watchdog-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/cdap-watchdog/pom.xml b/cdap-watchdog/pom.xml
index a15be44ca734..263f88e82457 100644
--- a/cdap-watchdog/pom.xml
+++ b/cdap-watchdog/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
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   <artifactId>cdap-watchdog</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01e3673700a3..a130a9055ccd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
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+  <version>6.8.1</version>
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   <description>Data Application Platform for Hadoop</description>