merge: #668

668: Backport 651 to stable/8.1 r=koevskinikola a=remcowesterhoud

## Description

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Backport #651 to stable/8.1

This version update has fixes to make releases more convenient and less confusing for us.

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Co-authored-by: Remco Westerhoud <remco@westerhoud.nl>

pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.camunda.community</groupId>
     <artifactId>community-hub-release-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.2</version>
+    <version>1.4.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@
           <rules>
             <dependencyConvergence />
           </rules>
+          <skip>${skipChecks}</skip>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>