Merge branch 'develop' into feature/zero-deps

# Conflicts:
#	pom.xml

Author: overheadhunter

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           java-version: 21
           distribution: 'zulu'
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Needed to get PR information, if any
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: artifacts
           path: target/*.jar

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         fetch-depth: 2
     - name: Set up Java
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v5
       with:
         java-version: 21
         distribution: 'zulu'
         cache: 'maven'
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
       with:
         languages: java
         config: |
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       run: ./mvnw -B install -DskipTests
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
       with:
         category: "/language:java"

.github/workflows/publish-central.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') # only allow publishing tagged versions
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           java-version: 21
           distribution: 'zulu'

.github/workflows/publish-github.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') # only allow publishing tagged versions
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           java-version: 21
           distribution: 'zulu'

pom.xml

@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
 		<project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-03-14T12:02:43Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
-		<junit.version>5.12.0</junit.version>
+		<junit.version>6.0.1</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>5.20.0</mockito.version>
 		<jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
 		<hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
-		<guava.version>33.4.0-jre</guava.version>
+		<guava.version>33.5.0-jre</guava.version>
 
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
-		<dependency-check.version>12.1.1</dependency-check.version>
+		<dependency-check.version>12.1.8</dependency-check.version>
 
 		<!-- Property used by surefire to determine jacoco engine -->
 		<surefire.jacoco.args/>
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.18.0</version>
+				<version>2.19.1</version>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.5.0</version>
+				<version>3.6.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>enforce-java</id>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.14.0</version>
+				<version>3.14.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<release>8</release>
 					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.5.3</version>
+				<version>3.5.4</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<argLine>@{surefire.jacoco.args} -javaagent:${org.mockito:mockito-core:jar}</argLine>
 				</configuration>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.2</version>
+				<version>3.12.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
 						<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>0.8.13</version>
+						<version>0.8.14</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>prepare-agent</id>
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.2.7</version>
+						<version>3.2.8</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
 						<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>0.7.0</version>
+						<version>0.9.0</version>
 						<extensions>true</extensions>
 						<configuration>
 							<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>