1.2.4

What's Changed

• Prepare for next development iteration, 1.2.4 by @dblock in #1792
• [Backport] [1.2] Update to log4j 2.17.1 (#1820) by @reta in #1823
• [Backport] [1.2] RestIntegTestTask fails because of missed log4j-core dependency (#1815) by @reta in #1819
• [Backport 1.2] Upgrading bouncycastle to 1.70 (#1832) by @saratvemulapalli in #1889
• [Backport 1.2] Upgrading Netty to 4.1.72-Final by @saratvemulapalli in #1890
• [Backport 1.2] Replace JCenter with Maven Central. (#1057) and update plugin repository order. by @mch2 in #1894
• [1.2] Update FIPS API libraries of Bouncy Castle (#1853) by @tlfeng in #1888

Release Notes: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/main/release-notes/opensearch.release-notes-1.2.4.md

Full Changelog: 1.2.3...1.2.4