chore(deps): bump the gh-actions group across 1 directory with 4 updates

.github/workflows/create_github_release.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
 
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release

.github/workflows/maven_tests.yml

@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       ## Checkout the current version of the code from the repo.
       - name: Checkout latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           fetch-depth: "0"
 
       ## Setup the specified version of Java (includes maven/gradle).
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.jdk }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'              # v2 requires explicitly stating the distribution - `zulu` and `adopt` supported at time of writing
           java-version: ${{ matrix.jdk }}   # Use matrix to select which JDK level to use
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         run: java -version
 
       - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.sonar/cache
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           fetch-depth: "0"
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'zulu'

.github/workflows/prepare_release_changelog.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Check out current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
 
       # Setup Java 11 environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java

.github/workflows/publish_pkg_github.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'adopt'

.github/workflows/qodana.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ jobs:
   qodana:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: 'Qodana Scan'
-        uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2022.3.4
+        uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2024.1.5