Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/dependabot/maven/main/test-a9a81722d7' into dependabot/maven/main/test-a9a81722d7

# Conflicts:
#	dependency-bundles/bom/pom.xml

Author: newtork

.github/dependabot.yaml

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ updates:
       test:
         dependency-type: "development"
     ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "org.springframework.boot:*"
+        versions: [ ">=4.0.0" ]
+      - dependency-name: "org.springframework:*"
+        versions: [ ">=7.0.0" ]
       # updating leads to ignoring our formatting rules
       - dependency-name: 'net.revelc.code.formatter:formatter-maven-plugin'
       # updating leads to unintended formatting of POM files

pom.xml

@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@
 		<jackson.version>2.20.1</jackson.version>
 		<jackson.annotations.version>2.20</jackson.annotations.version>
 		<!--  WordUtils used twice in OData generator  -->
-		<json.version>20250517</json.version>
+		<json.version>20251224</json.version>
 		<!--  XML used once in SOAP payload deserialisation  -->
 		<!--  End of non-essential dependencies  -->
 		<!--  Fully internal (test) dependencies  -->
 		<!-- Spring dependencies -->
 		<!-- Keep these versions consistent with the ones from the SAP Java Buildpack (after their 2.0 release) -->
 		<!-- see https://github.wdf.sap.corp/xs2-java/xs-java-buildpack/blob/master/resources/pom.xml -->
-		<spring.version>6.2.12</spring.version>
+		<spring.version>6.2.15</spring.version>
 		<spring-security.version>6.1.5</spring-security.version>
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 		<assertj-core.version>3.27.6</assertj-core.version>