Merge branch 'dev' into sp/#735-sphinx-dependabot

Author: sebastian-peter

build.gradle

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ plugins {
   id 'maven-publish'
   id 'signing'
   id 'pmd' // code check, working on source code
-  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.14.0'//code format
+  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.15.0'//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 'de.undercouch.download' version '5.3.1'
   id 'kr.motd.sphinx' version '2.10.1' // documentation generation
   id 'jacoco' // java code coverage plugin
   id "org.sonarqube" version "3.5.0.2730" // sonarqube
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.2'
   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:1.12.22' // Mocks of classes
+  testImplementation 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.13.0' // Mocks of classes
 
   // testcontainers (docker framework for testing)
   testImplementation "org.testcontainers:testcontainers:$testcontainersVersion"
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ dependencies {
 
   // Databases
   implementation 'org.influxdb:influxdb-java:2.23'
-  implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.2'
-  runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.5.2' // postgresql jdbc driver required during runtime
+  implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.4.3'
+  runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.5.3' // postgresql jdbc driver required during runtime
 
   implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0' // I/O functionalities
   implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.22' // I/O functionalities