Fix #317: Update byte-buddy to latest (1.17.8) from 1.15.1 (#318)

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ not datatype, data format, or JAX-RS provider modules.
     <!-- 17-Oct-2017, tatu: MrBean and Afterburner will use Byte Buddy instead of raw ASM
           starting with 3.0
       -->
-    <version.bytebuddy>1.15.11</version.bytebuddy>
+    <version.bytebuddy>1.17.8</version.bytebuddy>
 
     <version.android.sdk>26</version.android.sdk>
     <version.android.sdk.signature>0.5.1</version.android.sdk.signature>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Active maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+3.1.0 (not yet released)
+
+#317: (afterburner, mrbean) Update byte-buddy to latest (1.17.8) from 1.15.1
+
 3.0.1 (21-Oct-2025)
 
 No changes since 3.0.0