Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/4.2.x' into 4.3.x

# Conflicts:
#	pom.xml

Author: OlgaMaciaszek

spring-cloud-openfeign-core/pom.xml

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-			<version>3.25.7</version>
+			<version>3.25.8</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>