Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master-1.21-lts' into master-1.21

Author: rubensworks

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - name: 'Validate Gradle wrapper'
-        uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: 'Setup Java'
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with: