Merge branch 'main' into dependabot/maven/maven-dependencies-3c2203864d

Author: RuiTeixeira

.github/workflows/automerge.yaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@21025c705c08248db411dc16f3619e6b5f9ea21a # v2
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@25dd0e34f4fe68f24cc83900b1fe3fe149efef98 # v3.1.0
         with:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           skip-commit-verification: true

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@c1e323688fd81a25caa38c78aa6df2d33d3e20d9 # v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@0f481fcb613427c0f801b606911222b5b6f3083a # v5.5.0
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@c1e323688fd81a25caa38c78aa6df2d33d3e20d9 # v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@0f481fcb613427c0f801b606911222b5b6f3083a # v5.5.0
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: ./mvnw clean package
       - name: Upload JAR Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
         with:
           name: kafka-topic-compare-jar
           path: target/*.jar
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3bb12739c298aeb8a4eeaf626c5b8d85266b0e65 # v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@3d0d9888cb7fd7b750713d6e236d1fcb99157228 # v3.0.2
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
         with:
           files: target/*.jar