Upgrade dependencies; prepare for release

build.gradle

@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ ext {
     modifiedFiles.finalizeValueOnRead()
 
     apacheSshdVersion = '2.12.1'
-    artemisVersion = '2.32.0'
+    artemisVersion = '2.33.0'
     aspectjVersion = '1.9.22'
     assertjVersion = '3.25.3'
     assertkVersion = '0.28.0'
     avroVersion = '1.11.3'
     awaitilityVersion = '4.2.1'
-    camelVersion = '4.4.1'
-    commonsDbcp2Version = '2.11.0'
-    commonsIoVersion = '2.15.1'
+    camelVersion = '4.5.0'
+    commonsDbcp2Version = '2.12.0'
+    commonsIoVersion = '2.16.1'
     commonsNetVersion = '3.10.0'
     curatorVersion = '5.6.0'
     debeziumVersion = '2.6.1.Final'
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ext {
     greenmailVersion = '2.1.0-alpha-4'
     groovyVersion = '4.0.21'
     hamcrestVersion = '2.2'
-    hazelcastVersion = '5.3.7'
+    hazelcastVersion = '5.4.0'
     hibernateVersion = '6.4.4.Final'
     hsqldbVersion = '2.7.2'
     h2Version = '2.2.224'
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ ext {
     lettuceVersion = '6.3.2.RELEASE'
     log4jVersion = '2.23.1'
     mailVersion = '2.0.3'
-    micrometerTracingVersion = '1.3.0-M2'
-    micrometerVersion = '1.13.0-M2'
-    mockitoVersion = '5.10.0'
+    micrometerTracingVersion = '1.3.0-RC1'
+    micrometerVersion = '1.13.0-RC1'
+    mockitoVersion = '5.11.0'
     mongoDriverVersion = '5.0.1'
     mysqlVersion = '8.3.0'
     oracleVersion = '23.3.0.23.09'
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ ext {
     romeToolsVersion = '2.1.0'
     rsocketVersion = '1.1.4'
     servletApiVersion = '6.0.0'
-    smackVersion = '4.5.0-alpha3'
+    smackVersion = '4.4.8'
     springAmqpVersion = '3.1.4'
-    springDataVersion = '2024.0.0-M2'
-    springGraphqlVersion = '1.3.0-M1'
-    springKafkaVersion = '3.2.0-M2'
+    springDataVersion = '2024.0.0-RC1'
+    springGraphqlVersion = '1.3.0-RC1'
+    springKafkaVersion = '3.2.0-RC1'
     springRetryVersion = '2.0.5'
-    springSecurityVersion = '6.3.0-M3'
+    springSecurityVersion = '6.3.0-RC1'
     springVersion = '6.1.6'
     springWsVersion = '4.0.10'
     testcontainersVersion = '1.19.7'