- Upgrade org.apache.logging.log4j from 2.17.0 to version 2.17.1
- switch licentce to something more industry standard and permissive
- Upgrade org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 2.7.2 to 2.8.1
- Security upgrade com.google.code.gson:gson from 2.8.6 to 2.8.9
- Upgrade org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl from 2.13.3 to 2.14.1
- upgrade kafka-clients Java dependency to 2.7.2
- upgrade log4j Java dependency to 2.17.0
- Added a
NEWS.md
file to track changes to the package. - upgrade log4j Java dependency to 2.16.0