Merge branch 'master' into dependabot/maven/org.sonatype.central-central-publishing-maven-plugin-0.11.0

Author: namanONcode

pom.xml

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         <!-- Quality Plugin Versions -->
         <spotless.version>3.8.0</spotless.version>
         <checkstyle.version>3.6.0</checkstyle.version>
-        <checkstyle-tool.version>10.21.4</checkstyle-tool.version>
+        <checkstyle-tool.version>13.9.0</checkstyle-tool.version>
         <pmd-plugin.version>3.28.0</pmd-plugin.version>
         <pmd-tool.version>7.26.0</pmd-tool.version>
         <spotbugs.version>4.10.3.0</spotbugs.version>
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
                             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-                            <version>9.7.1</version>
+                            <version>9.10.1</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                     <configuration>