Update Maven dependencies (2026-07-21)

[kevinherron]

Updates

Dependencies

• io.netty:netty-buffer, io.netty:netty-codec, and io.netty:netty-handler: 4.1.135.Final → 4.1.136.Final (via netty.version)
• org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on: 1.84 → 1.85 (via bouncycastle.version)

Plugins

• No plugin updates were available.

Skipped updates

• No prerelease or other non-stable updates were reported.
• The existing Versions Maven Plugin rule continues to keep Netty on the compatible 4.1 release line.

Verification

• mvn versions:display-dependency-updates — passed
• mvn versions:display-plugin-updates — passed
• mvn dependency:resolve — passed after installing the reactor-local 2.1.6-SNAPSHOT artifacts; the initial run could not resolve the sibling modbus module from the local repository
• mvn -q spotless:apply — passed; no tracked formatting changes
• mvn -q clean compile — passed
• mvn -q clean verify — passed; 80 tests, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skipped
• Independent code review — APPROVED

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📝 Walkthrough

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated underlying networking and cryptography libraries to newer versions.
  • No user-facing functionality or configuration changes.

Walkthrough

Updated Maven properties to use Netty 4.1.136.Final and Bouncy Castle 1.85.

Changes

Dependency Version Updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Maven version properties pom.xml	Updates the Netty and Bouncy Castle version properties.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• digitalpetri/modbus#153: Updates the same Maven dependency properties in preceding version increments.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: updating Maven dependencies.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description accurately matches the dependency updates and verification performed in this PR.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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