Merge branch 'dev' into df/#1469-cosmoFactoryTest-fail

Author: danielfeismann

build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'signing'
   id 'pmd' // code check, working on source code
   id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '8.1.0' //code format
-  id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.4.5' // code check, working on byte code
+  id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.4.7' // code check, working on byte code
   id 'de.undercouch.download' version '5.6.0'
   id 'kr.motd.sphinx' version '2.10.1' // documentation generation
   id 'jacoco' // java code coverage plugin
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:$junitVersion"
   testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core:2.3-groovy-$groovyVersion"
   testImplementation 'org.objenesis:objenesis:3.4' // Mock creation with constructor parameters
-  testImplementation 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.18.1' // Mocks of classes
+  testImplementation 'net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.18.2' // Mocks of classes
 
   // testcontainers (docker framework for testing)
   testImplementation "org.testcontainers:testcontainers:$testcontainersVersion"