diff --git a/e2e/scenarios/nextjs-instrumentation/package.json b/e2e/scenarios/nextjs-instrumentation/package.json
index 2febcb69f..bacb123b5 100644
--- a/e2e/scenarios/nextjs-instrumentation/package.json
+++ b/e2e/scenarios/nextjs-instrumentation/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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diff --git a/integrations/otel-js/smoke/scenarios/otel-v1/package.json b/integrations/otel-js/smoke/scenarios/otel-v1/package.json
index 8762966ed..6676a6a4b 100644
--- a/integrations/otel-js/smoke/scenarios/otel-v1/package.json
+++ b/integrations/otel-js/smoke/scenarios/otel-v1/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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diff --git a/js/smoke/scenarios/browser-main-package/package.json b/js/smoke/scenarios/browser-main-package/package.json
index 1bbaa7ee5..c0bbfd7ac 100644
--- a/js/smoke/scenarios/browser-main-package/package.json
+++ b/js/smoke/scenarios/browser-main-package/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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   }
diff --git a/js/smoke/scenarios/playwright-browser/package.json b/js/smoke/scenarios/playwright-browser/package.json
index 95988f3e6..e16eb6db7 100644
--- a/js/smoke/scenarios/playwright-browser/package.json
+++ b/js/smoke/scenarios/playwright-browser/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
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