Bumped several maven dependencies and plugins to latest version

Author: m0nk3y2k4

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - Replaced the maven _NOPLogger_ dependency with _SimpleLogger_ implementation: `org.slf4j:slf4j-nop` -> `org.slf4j:slf4j-simple`.
 - Updated multiple maven dependencies and plugins to latest version:
-    - _org.junit.jupiter:*_: `5.7.0` -> `5.7.2`
-    - _org.mockito:mockito-core_: `3.6.28` -> `3.12.1`
-    - _com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind_: `2.12.0` -> `2.12.4`
-    - _org.assertj:assertj-core_: `3.18.1` -> `3.20.2`
+    - _org.junit.jupiter:*_: `5.7.0` -> `5.8.1`
+    - _org.mockito:mockito-core_: `3.6.28` -> `4.0.0`
+    - _com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind_: `2.12.0` -> `2.13.0`
+    - _org.assertj:assertj-core_: `3.18.1` -> `3.21.0`
     - _org.slf4j:*_: `1.7.30` -> `1.7.32`
     - _org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin_: `0.8.6` -> `0.8.7`
-    - _org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin_: `3.2.0` -> `3.3.0`
+    - _org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-javadoc-plugin_: `3.2.0` -> `3.3.1`
 
 ## [3.0.3] - 2021-01-01
 ### Added

pom.xml

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>3.3.1</version>
             <executions>
                 <execution>
                     <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.4</version>
+        <version>2.13.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!--#####################################-->
@@ -288,23 +288,23 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-        <version>5.7.2</version>
+        <version>5.8.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- JUnit 5: parameterized tests -->
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
-        <version>5.7.2</version>
+        <version>5.8.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Mockito 3.x -->
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.12.1</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
         <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.20.2</version>
+        <version>3.21.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>