Gradle version catalog for better dependency management

[marandaneto]

https://sasikanth.dev/posts/gradle-version-catalog
https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/artifacts/VersionCatalog.html

[adinauer]

See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/platforms.html#sub:version-catalog

[vaind]

The impact could be a bit higher once dependabot supports it: dependabot/dependabot-core#3121 because we could also use that to avoid manual updates.

An alternative would be to use the renovatebot & its GHA