HV-2008 Bump the AssertJ version to the latest 3.26.3

and override the version in TCK runner to match the one in Jakarta Validation

Author: marko-bekhta

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "jakarta.inject:jakarta.inject-api"
       - dependency-name: "jakarta.persistence:jakarta.persistence-api"
       - dependency-name: "jakarta.ws.rs:jakarta.ws.rs-api"
-        # Bean Validation TCK requires a particular version of AssertJ and using others leads to errors:
+        # We are managing the version of AssertJ manually:
+        #    - tck-runner requires a specific version of AssertJ aligned with the Jakarta Validation TCK
+        #    - all other modules are using a more recent version (latest)
+        #  we cannot enable the automatic updates as those will constantly push us to change the version in the TCK module
       - dependency-name: "org.assertj:*"
         # We have a fixed major version of OpenJFX to work with the min JDK we require
       - dependency-name: "org.openjfx:*"

pom.xml

@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@
         <version.shrinkwrap.resolvers>3.3.0</version.shrinkwrap.resolvers>
         <version.shrinkwrap.descriptors>2.0.0</version.shrinkwrap.descriptors>
         <version.org.testng>7.10.2</version.org.testng>
-        <!-- it must be the exact same version than the one used in the Bean Validation TCK -->
-        <version.org.assertj.assertj-core>3.8.0</version.org.assertj.assertj-core>
+        <version.org.assertj.assertj-core>3.26.3</version.org.assertj.assertj-core>
         <version.junit>4.13.2</version.junit>
         <version.org.easymock>5.3.0</version.org.easymock>
         <version.io.rest-assured>5.5.0</version.io.rest-assured>

tck-runner/pom.xml

@@ -21,13 +21,30 @@
     <description>Aggregates dependencies and runs the Jakarta Validation TCK</description>
 
     <properties>
+        <!--
+            We are overriding the AssertJ version here and adding a dependency management for it
+            to override the one we are using for the main build.
+            The version here must be the exact same version as the one used in the Bean Validation TCK
+        -->
+        <version.org.assertj.assertj-core>3.8.0</version.org.assertj.assertj-core>
+
         <tck.suite.file>${project.build.directory}/dependency/validation-tck-tests-suite.xml</tck.suite.file>
         <validation.provider>org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator</validation.provider>
         <remote.debug />
 
         <hibernate-validator-parent.path>..</hibernate-validator-parent.path>
     </properties>
 
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+                <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.org.assertj.assertj-core}</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>