Update dependencies in bulk

Update dependencies in bulk, just minor and bugfixes

Dependencies minor upgrades

Full Changelog: v1.2.1...v1.3.0

Bugfixes

Bugfixes

Upgrading Gradle to 7.4.x

• Upgrading Gradle to 7.4.x

Spring boot bugfixes

Spring boot bugfixes

Upgrade dependencies: minor and bugfix

Upgrade dependencies: minor and bugfix

Upgrade dependencies & gradle

Upgrade dependencies & gradle

Log4j vulnerability & other upgrades

• Log4j vulnerability https://spring.io/blog/2021/12/10/log4j2-vulnerability-and-spring-boot
• Kotlin to 1.6.10
• Patches in test libraries
• Improvements in DatabaseContainer

Simplify database container code

• Simplify database container code

Improve database container

• Improve database container