Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/update-from-template' into develop

Author: AB-xdev

.config/pmd/java/ruleset.xml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <ruleset name="Default"
 		 xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
 		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 https://pmd.sourceforge.io/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 https://pmd.github.io/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
 
 	<description>
 		This ruleset checks the code for discouraged programming constructs.

.github/workflows/broken-links.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Find already existing issue
         id: find-issue
         run: |
-          echo "number=$(gh issue list -l 'bug' -l 'automated' -L 1 -S 'in:title \"Link Checker Report\"' -s 'open' --json 'number' --jq '.[].number')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "number=$(gh issue list -l 'bug' -l 'automated' -L 1 -S 'in:title "Link Checker Report"' -s 'open' --json 'number' --jq '.[].number')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Issue From File
         if: steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code != 0
-        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@e8ef132d6df98ed982188e460ebb3b5d4ef3a9cd # v5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@fca9117c27cdc29c6c4db3b86c48e4115a786710 # v6
         with:
           issue-number: ${{ steps.find-issue.outputs.number }}
           title: Link Checker Report

.github/workflows/check-build.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [17, 21]
+        java: [17, 21, 25]
         distribution: [temurin]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v5

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ We also encourage you to read the [contribution instructions by GitHub](https://
 ### Software Requirements
 You should have the following things installed:
 * Git
-* Java 21 - should be as unmodified as possible (Recommended: [Eclipse Adoptium](https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/))
+* Java 25 - should be as unmodified as possible (Recommended: [Eclipse Adoptium](https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/))
 * Maven (Note that the [Maven Wrapper](https://maven.apache.org/wrapper/) is shipped with the repo)
 
 ### Recommended setup

pom.xml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>11.0.1</version>
+								<version>11.1.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>

selenium-elements/pom.xml

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.14.0</version>
+				<version>3.14.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
 					<compilerArgs>
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.3</version>
+				<version>3.12.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 						<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.7.2</version>
+						<version>1.7.3</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
 						</configuration>
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
 						<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>0.8.0</version>
+						<version>0.9.0</version>
 						<extensions>true</extensions>
 						<configuration>
 							<publishingServerId>sonatype-central-portal</publishingServerId>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>11.0.1</version>
+								<version>11.1.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>