v1.6.1

What's Changed

• upgrading libs by @ddiehl in #12
• Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.26.3 to 3.27.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #11
• ci: add GitHub Actions build/test and Maven Central release workflows by @ddiehl in #13
• ci: fix deprecated actions; release 1.6.1 by @ddiehl in #14

Full Changelog: V1.5.7...v1.6.1