Play WS, async HTTP client 2.2.7

Noteworthy

• Upgrades play-json which contains bug fixes, see its release notes.

Changes

• #888 [2.2.x] Run tests with Java 21 also (backport #887) by @mkurz
• #884 [2.2.x] Patch updates by @mkurz
• #881 [2.2.x] Pin dependencies in Scala steward conf by @mkurz
• #879 [2.2.x] Patch updates by @mkurz
• #873 [2.2.x] mockito-core 5.11.0 (was 5.10.0) by @scala-steward
• #874 [2.2.x] Patch updates by @scala-steward
• #876 Add tag [2.2.x] for Steward's pull requests by @ihostage

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