fix: bring Jackson and Annotations in sync

This requires overriding the version of Jackson Annotations that we get from Quarkus. All tests suggest that this is a compatible release.

Author: triceo

build/build-parent/pom.xml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <version.ch.qos.logback>1.5.34</version.ch.qos.logback>
     <version.com.networknt.json-schem-validator>1.5.9</version.com.networknt.json-schem-validator>
     <version.jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api>4.1.0</version.jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api>
-    <version.io.quarkus>3.36.1</version.io.quarkus>
+    <version.io.quarkus>3.36.2</version.io.quarkus>
     <version.org.apache.commons.math3>3.6.1</version.org.apache.commons.math3>
     <version.org.apache.logging.log4j>2.26.0</version.org.apache.logging.log4j>
     <version.org.assertj>3.27.7</version.org.assertj>
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@
     <version.org.mapstruct>1.6.3</version.org.mapstruct>
     <version.org.openrewrite.recipe>3.32.0</version.org.openrewrite.recipe>
     <version.org.testcontainers>2.0.5</version.org.testcontainers>
-    <version.org.springframework.boot>4.0.6</version.org.springframework.boot>
+    <version.org.springframework.boot>4.1.0</version.org.springframework.boot>
     <version.org.wiremock>3.13.2</version.org.wiremock>
     <version.ow2.asm>9.10.1</version.ow2.asm>
-    <version.tools.jackson>3.1.4</version.tools.jackson>
+    <!-- Upgrade Jackson and its annotations together; otherwise there may be runtime errors. -->
+    <version.tools.jackson>3.2.0</version.tools.jackson>
+    <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.core>2.22</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.core>
 
     <!-- ************************************************************************ -->
     <!-- Plugins -->
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@
     <version.enforcer.plugin>3.6.3</version.enforcer.plugin>
     <version.install.plugin>3.1.4</version.install.plugin>
     <version.jacoco.plugin>0.8.15</version.jacoco.plugin>
-    <version.jandex.plugin>3.5.3</version.jandex.plugin>
+    <version.jandex.plugin>3.6.0</version.jandex.plugin>
     <version.jar.plugin>3.5.0</version.jar.plugin>
     <version.javadoc.plugin>3.12.0</version.javadoc.plugin>
     <version.jaxb2.plugin>4.1.0</version.jaxb2.plugin>
@@ -169,6 +171,12 @@
         <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
         <version>${version.org.jspecify}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- Quarkus may bring an outdated version, causing compatibility issues in timefold-solver-jackson. -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+        <version>${version.com.fasterxml.jackson.core}</version>
+      </dependency>
 
       <!-- ASM -->
       <dependency>