Update dependencies and remove some insignificant dependency conflicts

Fixed inline mocking for Java 21+

Author: mwthinker

pom.xml

@@ -22,20 +22,21 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <inceptionYear>2023</inceptionYear>
 
-        <junit.version>5.10.1</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.11.3</junit.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.14.2</mockito.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
             <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-            <version>4.7.5</version>
+            <version>4.7.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.1</version>
+            <version>2.18.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -47,19 +48,25 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.14.0</version>
+            <version>3.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
             <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
             <version>4.12.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
             <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.32</version>
+            <version>2.3.33</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -72,30 +79,29 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.25.1</version>
+            <version>3.26.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>5.9.0</version>
+            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <!-- to remove dependency conflict in com.squareup.okhttp3 (not really a problem, but why not) -->
-                <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-                <version>1.9.10</version>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
     <build>
         <resources>
             <resource>
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@
             <plugin> <!-- In order to run tests when building -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.5</version>
+                <version>3.5.2</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
@@ -124,15 +130,15 @@
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
                 <configuration>
-                    <!-- Removes warning: "Dynamic loading of agents will be disallowed by default in a future release" -->
-                    <argLine>-XX:+EnableDynamicAgentLoading</argLine>
+                    <!-- Explicitly setting up instrumentation for inline mocking (Java 21+) -->
+                    <argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/mockito/mockito-core/${mockito.version}/mockito-core-${mockito.version}.jar</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin> <!-- Generates code coverage report -->
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.8.11</version>
+                <version>0.8.12</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@
             <plugin> <!-- To create the application jar and all dependencies -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.7.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@
             <plugin> <!-- To create an .exe file for Windows platform -->
                 <groupId>com.akathist.maven.plugins.launch4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>launch4j-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0</version>
+                <version>2.5.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>l4j-clui</id>