Merge branch '3.4.x' into 3.5.x

Closes gh-46980

Author: mhalbritter

.github/actions/prepare-gradle-build/action.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ runs:
         tool-cache: true
         docker-images: false
     - name: Set Up Java
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v5
       with:
         distribution: ${{ inputs.java-early-access == 'true' && 'temurin' || (inputs.java-distribution || 'liberica') }}
         java-version: |

.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/action.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: jf rt download --spec ${{ format('{0}/artifacts.spec', github.action_path) }} --spec-vars 'buildName=${{ format('spring-boot-{0}', inputs.plugin-version) }};buildNumber=${{ inputs.build-number }}'
     - name: Set Up Java
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v5
       with:
         distribution: 'liberica'
         java-version: '17'

.github/workflows/verify.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           path: send-notification
           sparse-checkout: .github/actions/send-notification
       - name: Set Up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'liberica'
           java-version: 17