⭐ New Features

• The package org.springframework.ldap.core is split #632

🪲 Bug Fixes

• 2.4 requires Jakarta EE 9 #639
• NullPointerException thrown if principal or credentials are null #538

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Update Gradle to 7.4.2 #652
• Update org.springframework.security to 5.6.3 #651
• Update build-info-extractor-gradle to 4.28.2 #650
• Update commons-pool2 to 2.11.1 #649
• Update servlet-api to 4.0.1 #648
• Update spring-io-plugin to 0.0.8.RELEASE #647
• Update gradle-nexus-staging-plugin to 0.30.0 #646
• Update unboundid-ldapsdk to 6.0.4 #645
• Update gradle-versions-plugin to 0.36.0 #644
• Update logback-classic to 1.2.11 #643
• Update to Spring Data 2021.1.4 #642
• Update to JUnit 5.8.2 #641
• Update to Spring Framework 5.3.19 #640