Update library versions and clean up pom.xml

Upgraded dependencies including Jackson, Guava, JUnit, Hibernate, HttpClient, and Commons-IO. Also, improved the management of versions via property variables and cleaned up inconsistent formatting. Removed an unnecessary comment related to Mockito version compatibility.

pom.xml

@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
   <properties>
-    <jackson.version>2.10.5</jackson.version>
-    <guava.version>25.1-jre</guava.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
+    <guava.version>32.1.3-jre</guava.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     <mockito-core.version>3.5.10</mockito-core.version>
     <mockito-junit-jupiter.version>3.5.10</mockito-junit-jupiter.version>
+    <spring-web.version>6.1.1</spring-web.version>
+    <hibernate-core.version>6.4.0.Final</hibernate-core.version>
+    <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.15.1</commons-io.version>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
@@ -54,8 +58,8 @@
           <version>2.22.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <argLine>
-							--illegal-access=permit
-						</argLine>
+                --illegal-access=permit
+            </argLine>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13.1</version>
+      <version>4.13.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10.5.1</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
         <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.6-Final</version>
+        <version>${hibernate-core.version}</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -172,12 +176,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-        <version>4.5.13</version>
+        <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7</version>
+        <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
@@ -199,7 +203,6 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-<!--        <version>2.23.4</version> TODO: We need to determine if this is compatible with 3.5.10 -->
         <version>${mockito-core.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.15</version>
+        <version>${spring-web.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>