Merge branch '2.1.x'

Closes gh-16914

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 		<httpcore.version>4.4.11</httpcore.version>
 		<infinispan.version>9.4.13.Final</infinispan.version>
 		<influxdb-java.version>2.15</influxdb-java.version>
-		<jackson.version>2.9.8</jackson.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.9.9</jackson.version>
 		<jakarta-activation.version>1.2.1</jakarta-activation.version>
 		<jakarta-annotation.version>1.3.4</jakarta-annotation.version>
 		<jakarta-jms.version>2.0.2</jakarta-jms.version>
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
 		<undertow.version>2.0.20.Final</undertow.version>
 		<webjars-hal-browser.version>3325375</webjars-hal-browser.version>
 		<webjars-locator-core.version>0.37</webjars-locator-core.version>
+		<woodstox.version>5.0.3</woodstox.version>
 		<wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
 		<xmlunit2.version>2.6.2</xmlunit2.version>
 		<!-- Plugin versions -->
@@ -644,6 +645,11 @@
 				<scope>import</scope>
 				<type>pom</type>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
+				<artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
+				<version>${woodstox.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
 				<artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>