Merge branch 'master' into dependabot/github_actions/dependabot/fetch-metadata-3

Author: namanONcode

pom.xml

@@ -96,19 +96,19 @@
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
 
         <!-- Plugin Versions -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.15.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.5.3</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
+        <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
-        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.7</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
-        <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.3</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
+        <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
+        <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 
 
         <!-- Quality Plugin Versions -->
-        <spotless.version>3.8.0</spotless.version>
+        <spotless.version>3.9.0</spotless.version>
         <checkstyle.version>3.6.0</checkstyle.version>
         <checkstyle-tool.version>13.9.0</checkstyle-tool.version>
         <pmd-plugin.version>3.28.0</pmd-plugin.version>

zthread-benchmark/pom.xml

@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.agrona</groupId>
             <artifactId>agrona</artifactId>
-            <version>1.21.1</version>
+            <version>2.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.undertow</groupId>
             <artifactId>undertow-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.10.Final</version>
+            <version>2.4.2.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Skip by default; CI explicitly sets -DskipTests=false -->
                     <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>benchmark</id>