Update dependencies to latest stable versions

[Copilot]

Updates all Maven dependencies to their latest stable releases while maintaining API compatibility and dependency convergence.

Updated Dependencies

Core Framework & Libraries

• Spring Framework 6.2.7 → 6.2.12
• Jackson 2.19.0 → 2.20.0
• Guava 33.4.8-jre → 33.5.0-jre
• Protobuf 4.31.1 → 4.33.0
• Log4j 2.24.3 → 2.25.2

Messaging & Streaming

• Kafka 3.9.0 → 3.9.1 (kept at 3.x; 4.x has breaking API changes)
• ActiveMQ Artemis 2.40.0 → 2.43.0

Data Stores

• Spring Data Redis 3.4.4 → 3.5.5
• Elasticsearch 7.17.28 → 7.17.29

Infrastructure

• Kubernetes Client 7.1.0 → 7.4.0

Notes

• Maven SCM remains at v2.1.0 due to release process compatibility requirements
• Spring Data Redis transitively upgrades Netty to 4.1.121.Final and Micrometer to 1.15.5
• Added settings.xml and toolchains.xml to .gitignore to prevent local Maven configuration files from being tracked
• All Maven enforcer rules pass, including dependency convergence

Original prompt

update all dependency versions, ensure that there are not maven enforcer issues and that all the tests pass

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[jwijgerd]

@copilot Maven SCM version has to stay on v2.1.0 due to issues in the release process. Please revert and add a comment to your future self in the code. Also the settings.xml and toolchains.xml should be checked in. Add to the gitignore file and remove trom PR

[Copilot]

@copilot Maven SCM version has to stay on v2.1.0 due to issues in the release process. Please revert and add a comment to your future self in the code. Also the settings.xml and toolchains.xml should ...

Done in commit 552f8e5. Reverted Maven SCM to v2.1.0 with a comment explaining it must stay at this version due to release process issues. Added settings.xml and toolchains.xml to .gitignore and removed them from the repository.