Merge branch 'dev' into vb/#710_decimalPlaces_deSerialize

Author: vickybung1

build.gradle

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'maven-publish'
   id 'signing'
   id 'pmd' // code check, working on source code
-  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.12.0'//code format
+  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.12.1'//code format
   id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '5.0.13' // code check, working on byte code
   id 'de.undercouch.download' version '5.3.0'
   id 'kr.motd.sphinx' version '2.10.1' // documentation generation
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.1'
   testImplementation 'org.spockframework:spock-core:2.3-groovy-3.0'
   testImplementation 'org.objenesis:objenesis:3.3' // Mock creation with constructor parameters
-  testImplementation 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.12.20' // Mocks of classes
+  testImplementation 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.12.21' // Mocks of classes
 
   // testcontainers (docker framework for testing)
   testImplementation "org.testcontainers:testcontainers:$testcontainersVersion"