Publish 4.2.1 SNAPSHOT for 8-Jan (#898)

* merged to main (#890)

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Update release.yml

* Update release.yml

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Update pom.xml

* Update pom.xml (#891)

* Update README.md

* Bump uk.co.jemos.podam:podam from 8.0.0.RELEASE to 8.0.1.RELEASE (#893)

Bumps [uk.co.jemos.podam:podam](https://github.com/mtedone/podam) from 8.0.0.RELEASE to 8.0.1.RELEASE.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/mtedone/podam/releases)
- [Commits](mtedone/podam@8.0.0.RELEASE...8.0.1.RELEASE)

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* Bump joda-time:joda-time from 2.12.5 to 2.12.6 (#894)

Bumps [joda-time:joda-time](https://github.com/JodaOrg/joda-time) from 2.12.5 to 2.12.6.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/JodaOrg/joda-time/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/JodaOrg/joda-time/blob/main/RELEASE-NOTES.txt)
- [Commits](JodaOrg/joda-time@v2.12.5...v2.12.6)

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* Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin from 3.2.3 to 3.2.5 (#896)

Bumps [org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin](https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire) from 3.2.3 to 3.2.5.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/releases)
- [Commits](apache/maven-surefire@surefire-3.2.3...surefire-3.2.5)

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* Bump org.slf4j:slf4j-api from 2.0.10 to 2.0.11 (#895)

Bumps org.slf4j:slf4j-api from 2.0.10 to 2.0.11.

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* Bump org.mockito:mockito-core from 5.8.0 to 5.9.0 (#897)

Bumps [org.mockito:mockito-core](https://github.com/mockito/mockito) from 5.8.0 to 5.9.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/mockito/mockito/releases)
- [Commits](mockito/mockito@v5.8.0...v5.9.0)

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README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/nitrite/nitrite-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/nitrite/nitrite-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/nitrite/nitrite-java/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/nitrite/nitrite-java)
-![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.dizitart/nitrite.svg)
+[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/org.dizitart/nitrite/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.dizitart/nitrite) 
 [![Discussion](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-Discussion-blueviolet)](https://github.com/orgs/nitrite/discussions)
 
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pom.xml

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.16.1</jackson.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.10</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.11</slf4j.version>
         <jasypt.version>1.9.3</jasypt.version>
         <h2.version>2.2.224</h2.version>
         <rocksdb.version>8.9.1</rocksdb.version>
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
         <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
         <lombok-maven-plugin.version>1.18.20.0</lombok-maven-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.8.0</mockito.version>
-        <podam.version>8.0.0.RELEASE</podam.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.9.0</mockito.version>
+        <podam.version>8.0.1.RELEASE</podam.version>
         <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
-        <joda-time.version>2.12.5</joda-time.version>
+        <joda-time.version>2.12.6</joda-time.version>
         <meanbean.version>2.0.3</meanbean.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
         <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.1</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
         <error-prone.version>2.24.1</error-prone.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
-        <surefire.version>3.2.3</surefire.version>
+        <surefire.version>3.2.5</surefire.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.12.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>