Update CI

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 name: Build and Deploy Snapshot
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-    - master
-    - "3.0"
-    - "2.18"
+    branches: [2.*]
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-    - master
-    - "3.0"
-    - "2.18"
+    branches: [2.*]
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
@@ -22,7 +16,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 5
@@ -60,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./mvnw -B -q -ff -ntp -Dversion.kotlin=${{ matrix.kotlin_version }} surefire:test
     - name: Extract project Maven version
       id: projectVersion
-      run: echo "version=$(./mvnw org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.3.0:evaluate -DforceStdout -Dexpression=project.version -q)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      run: echo "version=$(./mvnw org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.5.1:evaluate -DforceStdout -Dexpression=project.version -q)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     - name: Deploy snapshot
       if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && matrix.release_build && endsWith(steps.projectVersion.outputs.version, '-SNAPSHOT') }}
       env: