Merge branch '5.0' into snyk-upgrade-08c0ccfc719e2648605373b256eeb5a3

README.md

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+# Neo4j Connector for Kafka 5.0
+
+![(:Neo4j)-[:LOVES]->(:Kafka:Confluent)](https://github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-streams/raw/gh-pages/3.4/images/neo4j-loves-confluent.png "(:Neo4j)-[:LOVES]->(:Kafka:Confluent)")
+
+This project integrates Neo4j with *Apache Kafka and the Confluent Platform*.
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]  
+> Newer versions of this connector are now maintained at https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-kafka-connector.
+> This repository is only kept alive for critical bug and security fixes of 5.0.x versions of the connector.
+
+## Neo4j Kafka Connect Neo4j Connector
+
+You can download the [Kafka Connect plugin](https://www.confluent.io/hub/neo4j/kafka-connect-neo4j) that allows to ingest events from Kafka to Neo4j and generate change events from Neo4j into Kafka.
+
+## Documentation
+
+Refer to [documentation](https://neo4j.com/docs/kafka/) for more information about installation and configuration of the connector.
+
+## Feedback & Suggestions
+
+As highlighted above, 5.0.x version of the connector is kept as a maintenance version for only critical bug and security fixes.
+Please raise any feature requests on the [new repository](https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-kafka-connector).
+
+### Development
+
+## Build locally
+
+In order to build the packages, execute the following command.
+
+```shell
+mvn clean package
+```
+
+You'll find the build artifact in `<project_dir>/kafka-connect-neo4j/target/neo4j-kafka-connect-neo4j-<VERSION>.jar`
+
+### Docs
+
+The documentation source for this version lives at [this repository](https://github.com/neo4j/docs-kafka-connector).
+Please raise any documentation updates by creating a PR against it.
+
+## License
+
+Neo4j Streams is licensed under the terms of the Apache License, version 2.0.  See `LICENSE` for more details. 

kafka-connect-neo4j/pom.xml

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         <confluent.connect.plugin.version>0.12.0</confluent.connect.plugin.version>
         <mvn.assembly.plugin.version>3.1.0</mvn.assembly.plugin.version>
         <kafka.connect.utils.version>0.7.177</kafka.connect.utils.version>
-        <google.guava.version>33.2.1-jre</google.guava.version>
+        <google.guava.version>33.3.0-jre</google.guava.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <connector.title>Neo4j Connector for Confluent</connector.title>
         <connector.summary>

pom.xml

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     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>11</java.version>
-        <kotlin.version>2.0.10</kotlin.version>
-        <kotlin.coroutines.version>1.8.1</kotlin.coroutines.version>
+        <kotlin.version>2.0.20</kotlin.version>
+        <kotlin.coroutines.version>1.9.0</kotlin.coroutines.version>
         <neo4j.version>4.4.36</neo4j.version>
         <!-- Version 3.4 is the minimal version introducing version for CVE-2023-25194 -->
         <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
         <jackson.version>2.17.1</jackson.version>
         <kotlin.compiler.incremental>true</kotlin.compiler.incremental>
         <testcontainers.version>1.20.1</testcontainers.version>
         <neo4j.java.driver.version>4.4.18</neo4j.java.driver.version>
-        <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
         <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <kafka.avro.serializer.version>5.2.2</kafka.avro.serializer.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.0</junit-jupiter.version>
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
         <neo4j.configuration-lifecycle.version>ad59084711</neo4j.configuration-lifecycle.version>
-        <commons-lang3.version>3.16.0</commons-lang3.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
     </properties>
 
     <organization>