Dependency updates for the release

Author: sobychacko

build.gradle

@@ -60,17 +60,17 @@ ext {
 	junitJupiterVersion = '5.11.0'
 	kafkaVersion = '3.8.0'
 	kotlinCoroutinesVersion = '1.8.1'
-	log4jVersion = '2.23.1'
+	log4jVersion = '2.24.0'
 	micrometerDocsVersion = '1.0.4'
-	micrometerVersion = '1.14.0-SNAPSHOT'
-	micrometerTracingVersion = '1.4.0-SNAPSHOT'
-	mockitoVersion = '5.12.0'
-	reactorVersion = '2024.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+	micrometerVersion = '1.14.0-M3'
+	micrometerTracingVersion = '1.4.0-M3'
+	mockitoVersion = '5.13.0'
+	reactorVersion = '2024.0.0-M6'
 	scalaVersion = '2.13'
 	springBootVersion = '3.3.3' // docs module
 	springDataVersion = '2024.0.4'
 	springRetryVersion = '2.0.9'
-	springVersion = '6.2.0-SNAPSHOT'
+	springVersion = '6.2.0-RC1'
 	zookeeperVersion = '3.8.4'
 
 	idPrefix = 'kafka'