Merge branch 'master' into spiFix

pom.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-
-    Copyright (c) 2022, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation.
+    Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation.
     Copyright (c) 1997, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates and others.
     All rights reserved.
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.el</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.el-api</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.0-M1</version>
+            <version>6.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
-                                    <version>3.6.0</version>
+                                    <version>3.8.6</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@
             <!-- Restricts the Java version to 17 -->
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <release>17</release>
                     <compilerArgument>-Xlint:unchecked</compilerArgument>
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@
                             </groups>
                             <bottom><![CDATA[
 Comments to: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.<br>
-Copyright &#169; 2018, 2023 Eclipse Foundation. All rights reserved.<br>
+Copyright &#169; 2018, 2024 Eclipse Foundation. All rights reserved.<br>
 Use is subject to <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0" target="_top">license terms</a>.]]>
                             </bottom>
                         </configuration>
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ Use is subject to <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0" target="_top">l
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.2</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <forkCount>1</forkCount>
                 </configuration>