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## 🚀 New features and improvements

- Augment version range resolution used repositories ([#2574](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2574)) @cstamas

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

- Deduplicate filtered dependency graph ([#2489](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2489)) @alzimmermsft
- Move ensure in boundaries of project lock ([#2470](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2470)) @cstamas

## 👻 Maintenance

- [[MNGSITE-393]](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNGSITE-393) - remove references to Maven 2 ([#2438](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2438)) @elharo
- Update CONTRIBUTING after GitHub issues enabled ([#2449](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2449)) @slawekjaranowski
- Enable Github Issues (3.9.x) ([#2414](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2414)) @Bukama
- [[MNG-8763]](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-8763) - Remove name from site bannerLeft ([#2419](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2419)) @slawekjaranowski

## 🔧 Build

- Pin GitHub action versions by hash ([#10898](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/10898)) @slawekjaranowski
- Build the project by JDK 21 as default ([#10896](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/10896)) @slawekjaranowski
- Use Maven 3.9.10 for build on GitHub ([#2452](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2452)) @slawekjaranowski

## 📦 Dependency updates

- Bump resolverVersion from 1.9.23 to 1.9.24 ([#2540](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2540)) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)
- Bump xmlunitVersion from 2.10.2 to 2.10.3 ([#2500](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2500)) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)
- Bump org.apache.maven:maven-parent from 44 to 45 ([#2491](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2491)) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)
- Bump org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 ([#2432](https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2432)) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)