Merge branch 'main' into dependabot/maven/org.slf4j-slf4j-api-2.0.17

Author: Ayeshas09

.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: SonarQube Scan
       if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-      uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@v5.2.0
+      uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@v6.0.0
       env:
         SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

pom.xml

@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
+				<version>2.20.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<rulesUri>file://${project.basedir}/version-rules.xml</rulesUri>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0-M2</version>
+				<version>3.6.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>enforce-versions</id>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2.1</version>
+				<version>3.4.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.9.1</version>
+				<version>3.12.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.5</version>
+				<version>3.2.8</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.0-M1</version>
+				<version>2.2.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<connectionType>connection</connectionType>
 				</configuration>