Merge branch '7.8.x' into master

Author: ConfluentSemaphore

pom.xml

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <mockito-all.version>1.10.19</mockito-all.version>
         <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</os-maven-plugin.version>
         <jaxb.version>2.3.0</jaxb.version>
-        <netty.version>4.1.108.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.113.Final</netty.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <powermock.version>2.0.9</powermock.version>