Merge branch 'dev' into df/#891_gradle8x

# Conflicts:
#	build.gradle

Author: danielfeismann

build.gradle

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ plugins {
   id 'maven-publish'
   id 'signing'
   id 'pmd' // code check, working on source code
-  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.21.0' //code format
+  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.22.0' //code format
   id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '5.1.3' // code check, working on byte code
   id 'de.undercouch.download' version '5.5.0'
   id 'kr.motd.sphinx' version '2.10.1' // documentation generation
   id 'jacoco' // java code coverage plugin
-  id "org.sonarqube" version "4.4.0.3356" // sonarqube
+  id "org.sonarqube" version "4.4.1.3373" // sonarqube
   id 'net.thauvin.erik.gradle.semver' version '1.0.4' // semantic versioning
 }
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ext {
   javaVersion = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
   groovyVersion = "4.0"
   groovyBinaryVersion = "4.0.15"
-  testcontainersVersion = '1.19.0'
+  testcontainersVersion = '1.19.1'
 
   scriptsLocation = 'gradle' + File.separator + 'scripts' + File.separator //location of script plugins
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.10.0'
   testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core:2.3-groovy-$groovyVersion"
   testImplementation 'org.objenesis:objenesis:3.3' // Mock creation with constructor parameters
-  testImplementation 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.14.7' // Mocks of classes
+  testImplementation 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.14.9' // Mocks of classes
 
   // testcontainers (docker framework for testing)
   testImplementation "org.testcontainers:testcontainers:$testcontainersVersion"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ dependencies {
 
   // Databases
   implementation 'org.influxdb:influxdb-java:2.23'
-  implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.10'
+  implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.11'
   runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.6.0' // postgresql jdbc driver required during runtime
 
   implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.14.0' // I/O functionalities

docs/readthedocs/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 commonmark==0.9.1
 recommonmark==0.7.1
-Sphinx==7.2.5
+Sphinx==7.2.6
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0
 myst-parser==2.0.0
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0