Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into sso

I hate large merges!

pom.xml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.4</version>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>23</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>23</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vaadin.version>24.7.1</vaadin.version>
+        <vaadin.version>24.7.5</vaadin.version>
         <spring.profiles.active>test</spring.profiles.active>
     </properties>
 
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@
             <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
             <artifactId>vaadin-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.appreciated</groupId>
-            <artifactId>apexcharts</artifactId>
-            <version>24.0.2</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
@@ -151,4 +146,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
+</project>