Upgrade deps to the latest; prepare for release

build.gradle

@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ ext {
     modifiedFiles.finalizeValueOnRead()
 
     apacheSshdVersion = '2.13.2'
-    artemisVersion = '2.36.0'
+    artemisVersion = '2.37.0'
     aspectjVersion = '1.9.22.1'
     assertjVersion = '3.26.3'
     assertkVersion = '0.28.1'
     avroVersion = '1.12.0'
     awaitilityVersion = '4.2.2'
-    camelVersion = '4.7.0'
+    camelVersion = '4.8.0'
     commonsDbcp2Version = '2.12.0'
     commonsIoVersion = '2.16.1'
     commonsNetVersion = '3.11.1'
@@ -91,31 +91,31 @@ ext {
     kotlinCoroutinesVersion = '1.8.1'
     kryoVersion = '5.6.0'
     lettuceVersion = '6.4.0.RELEASE'
-    log4jVersion = '2.23.1'
+    log4jVersion = '2.24.0'
     mailVersion = '2.0.3'
-    micrometerTracingVersion = '1.4.0-SNAPSHOT'
-    micrometerVersion = '1.14.0-SNAPSHOT'
-    mockitoVersion = '5.12.0'
+    micrometerTracingVersion = '1.4.0-M3'
+    micrometerVersion = '1.14.0-M3'
+    mockitoVersion = '5.13.0'
     mongoDriverVersion = '5.1.4'
     mysqlVersion = '9.0.0'
     oracleVersion = '23.5.0.24.07'
     pahoMqttClientVersion = '1.2.5'
     postgresVersion = '42.7.4'
-    protobufVersion = '4.27.4'
+    protobufVersion = '4.28.1'
     r2dbch2Version = '1.0.0.RELEASE'
-    reactorVersion = '2024.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    reactorVersion = '2024.0.0-M6'
     resilience4jVersion = '2.2.0'
     romeToolsVersion = '2.1.0'
     rsocketVersion = '1.1.4'
     servletApiVersion = '6.0.0'
     smackVersion = '4.4.8'
-    springAmqpVersion = '3.2.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    springAmqpVersion = '3.2.0-M3'
     springDataVersion = '2024.0.4'
     springGraphqlVersion = '1.3.2'
-    springKafkaVersion = '3.3.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    springKafkaVersion = '3.3.0-M3'
     springRetryVersion = '2.0.9'
-    springSecurityVersion = '6.4.0-SNAPSHOT'
-    springVersion = '6.2.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    springSecurityVersion = '6.4.0-M4'
+    springVersion = '6.2.0-RC1'
     springWsVersion = '4.0.11'
     testcontainersVersion = '1.20.1'
     tomcatVersion = '10.1.30'