Merge branch 'dev' into df/#1373-merge-back-main-v8.0.0

Author: danielfeismann

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 '7.1.0' //code format
+  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '7.2.1' //code format
   id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.2.2' // code check, working on byte code
   id 'de.undercouch.download' version '5.6.0'
   id 'kr.motd.sphinx' version '2.10.1' // documentation generation
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'com.couchbase.client:java-client:3.8.3'
   runtimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.7' // postgresql jdbc driver required during runtime
 
-  implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.19.0' // I/O functionalities
+  implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.20.0' // I/O functionalities
   implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.18.0' // needed by commons-compress
   implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.27.1' // I/O functionalities
 }