Bumped several maven dependencies and plugins to latest version

Author: m0nk3y2k4

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - 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` -> `3.11.2`
-    - _com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind_: `2.12.0` -> `2.12.3`
+    - _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.slf4j:*_: `1.7.30` -> `1.7.31`
+    - _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`
 

pom.xml

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.3</version>
+        <version>2.12.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!--#####################################-->
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.2</version>
+        <version>3.12.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -346,14 +346,14 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.31</version>
+        <version>1.7.32</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Simple Logging Facade for Java: Binding for Simple implementation, which outputs all events to System.err. -->
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.31</version>
+        <version>1.7.32</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>