:star: New Features

• Document how to publish an AuthenticationManager @Bean without WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter #11926
• Use Gradle's Version Catalog #13868

:beetle: Bug Fixes

• Fix snapshot_tests on CI workflow #13876
• fix corrupted saml2 metadata once special characters are present #13777
• Saml-Metadata with special characters is corrupted #13776
• Saml2LogoutRequestMixin relayState property should be binding #12539

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Bump com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler from 0.9.10 to 0.9.11 #13982
• Bump com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler from 0.9.4 to 0.9.10 #13927
• Bump com.google.code.gson:gson from 2.8.6 to 2.8.9 #13890
• Bump com.gradle.enterprise from 3.11.1 to 3.11.4 #13928
• Bump io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty from 1.0.35 to 1.0.36 #13885
• Bump io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty from 1.0.36 to 1.0.38 #13998
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-bom from 2020.0.35 to 2020.0.36 #13944
• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-bom from 2020.0.36 to 2020.0.37 #13997
• Bump io.spring.ge.conventions from 0.0.7 to 0.0.14 #13925
• Bump org-aspectj from 1.9.20 to 1.9.20.1 #13893
• Bump org-eclipse-jetty from 9.4.51.v20230217 to 9.4.52.v20230823 #13909
• Bump org-eclipse-jetty from 9.4.52.v20230823 to 9.4.53.v20231009 #13996
• Bump org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core from 2.17.1 to 2.17.2 #13926
• Bump org.jfrog.buildinfo:build-info-extractor-gradle from 4.29.0 to 4.29.4 #13954
• Bump org.springframework.data:spring-data-bom from 2021.2.15 to 2021.2.16 #13907
• Bump org.springframework.data:spring-data-bom from 2021.2.16 to 2021.2.17 #14018
• Bump org.springframework:spring-framework-bom from 5.3.29 to 5.3.30 #13908

:heart: Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @JannickWeisshaupt
• @erichaagdev
• @dependabot[bot]