Merge branch 'main' into spec-update/document-grounding/main

Author: Jonas-Isr

pom.xml

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <cloud-sdk.version>5.22.0</cloud-sdk.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.13.4</junit-jupiter.version>
     <wiremock.version>3.13.1</wiremock.version>
-    <assertj-core.version>3.27.4</assertj-core.version>
+    <assertj-core.version>3.27.5</assertj-core.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
     <checkstyle.version>11.0.1</checkstyle.version>
     <system-stubs.version>2.1.3</system-stubs.version>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <spring-ai.version>1.0.2</spring-ai.version>
     <reactor-core.version>3.7.11</reactor-core.version>
     <dotenv-java.version>3.2.0</dotenv-java.version>
-    <mockito.version>5.19.0</mockito.version>
+    <mockito.version>5.20.0</mockito.version>
     <javaparser.version>3.27.0</javaparser.version>
     <jsonschema-generator.version>4.38.0</jsonschema-generator.version>
     <jackson.version>2.20.0</jackson.version>
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-pmd-plugin.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/ma
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>4.9.4.2</version>
+        <version>4.9.6.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <includeFilterFile>${project.rootdir}/.pipeline/spotbugs.xml</includeFilterFile>
           <!-- Exclude generated clients -->
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-pmd-plugin.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/ma
                 <dependency>
                   <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                   <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-                  <version>1.18.40</version>
+                  <version>1.18.42</version>
                 </dependency>
               </dependencies>
               <executions>
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-pmd-plugin.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/ma
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.11.3</version>
+              <version>3.12.0</version>
               <configuration>
                 <quiet>true</quiet>
                 <additionalOptions>-Xdoclint:none</additionalOptions>

sample-code/spring-app/pom.xml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </developers>
   <properties>
     <project.rootdir>${project.basedir}/../../</project.rootdir>
-    <spring-boot.version>3.5.5</spring-boot.version>
+    <spring-boot.version>3.5.6</spring-boot.version>
     <logback.version>1.5.18</logback.version>
     <cf-logging.version>3.8.6</cf-logging.version>
     <apache-tomcat-embed.version>11.0.11</apache-tomcat-embed.version>