Merge branch 'main' into feature/upgrade-jdk

Author: dmihalcik-virtru

.github/workflows/checks.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+      - 'release/**'
   push:
     branches:
       - main

pom.xml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <protobuf.version>4.29.2</protobuf.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.82</bouncycastle.version>
         <ayza.version>10.0.0</ayza.version>
-        <bytebuddy.version>1.17.0</bytebuddy.version>
+        <bytebuddy.version>1.18.3</bytebuddy.version>
         <kotlin.version>2.3.0</kotlin.version>
         <junit-bom.version>5.10.2</junit-bom.version>
         <mockito.version>5.11.0</mockito.version>

sdk/pom.xml

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.0</version>
+            <version>3.27.7</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>