- Updates version of Micronaut libraries. The new Micronaut core libr…

…ary depends on Snakeyaml 2.0. Micronaut data 3.4.3 is the highest release version we can use without bringing unwanted javax dependencies. (#7553)

- Does not exclude the validation API to avoid class not found exceptions in simple Micronaut tests

dependencies/pom.xml

@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@
         <version.lib.maven-wagon>2.10</version.lib.maven-wagon>
         <version.lib.micrometer>1.11.3</version.lib.micrometer>
         <version.lib.micrometer-prometheus>1.11.3</version.lib.micrometer-prometheus>
-        <version.lib.micronaut>3.4.3</version.lib.micronaut>
-        <version.lib.micronaut.data>3.3.0</version.lib.micronaut.data>
-        <version.lib.micronaut.sql>4.4.0</version.lib.micronaut.sql>
+        <version.lib.micronaut>3.8.7</version.lib.micronaut>
+        <version.lib.micronaut.data>3.4.3</version.lib.micronaut.data>
+        <version.lib.micronaut.sql>4.8.0</version.lib.micronaut.sql>
         <!-- FIXME upgrade to 3.1 when it is released in Maven -->
         <version.lib.microprofile-config>3.0.3</version.lib.microprofile-config>
         <!-- FIXME upgrade to 4.1 when it is released in Maven -->
@@ -1251,10 +1251,6 @@
                         <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>