Merge branch 'master' into dependabot/maven/io.netty-netty-all-4.2.16.Final

Author: namanONcode

.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Dependabot Auto-Merge
 
-on: pull_request
+on: pull_request_target
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   dependabot:
     name: Enable Auto-Merge
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: metadata
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ jobs:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
       - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        run: |
+          gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL" || true
+          gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

pom.xml

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <vertx.version>4.5.27</vertx.version>
 
         <!-- Test Dependencies -->
-        <junit.version>5.11.4</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>6.1.2</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>5.23.0</mockito.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
 
@@ -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>