chore(bump): bump java version to 21

- kafka client: 3.3.1 -> 3.8.0
- aspectj: 1.9.9.1 -> 1.9.21
- byte-buddy: 1.12.19 -> 1.14.19
- mockito: 5.11.0 -> 5.14.2

Maven Plugins:
- clean: 3.2.0 -> 3.4.0
- compile: 3.10.1 -> 3.13.0
- resources: 3.2.0 -> 3.3.1
- surefire: 3.1.2 -> 3.5.1
- openapi generator : 6.6.0 -> 7.9.0
- springdoc openapi webflux: 1.2.32 -> 1.8.0
- surefire: 3.2.3 -> 3.5.1 (for e2e tests)
- surefire-ng: 3.2.5 -> 3.5.1 (for e2e tests)

e2e-tests/pom.xml

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
             <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
             <version>5.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns-native-macos</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>

pom.xml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <apache.commons.version>2.12.0</apache.commons.version>
         <assertj.version>3.25.3</assertj.version>
         <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
-        <byte-buddy.version>1.12.19</byte-buddy.version>
+        <byte-buddy.version>1.14.19</byte-buddy.version>
         <confluent.version>7.4.4</confluent.version>
         <datasketches-java.version>3.1.0</datasketches-java.version>
         <groovy.version>3.0.13</groovy.version>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <guava.version>33.3.1-jre</guava.version>
         <!-- Test dependency versions -->
         <junit.version>5.11.2</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.11.0</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.14.2</mockito.version>
         <okhttp3.mockwebserver.version>4.12.0</okhttp3.mockwebserver.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.20.2</testcontainers.version>