Merge branch 'main' into refactor/consolidate-dependabot-remove-pom

Author: ramsessanchez

gradle/dependencies.gradle

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies {
     // Use JUnit test framework
-    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:6.0.3'
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:6.1.0'
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.23.0'
     testImplementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.62.0'