Stay on the current major Weld version

Author: marko-bekhta

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "jakarta.enterprise:jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api"
       - dependency-name: "jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api"
       - dependency-name: "net.bytebuddy:*"
+      # Because we stay on a particular version of CDI that matches the one in ORM
+      # we don't want always want to get the latest Weld version:
+      - dependency-name: "org.jboss.weld.se:*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
       # Sticking to Derby 10.15 for now since later versions require JDK 17+, and we need to test with JDK 11.
       # See https://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html
       - dependency-name: "org.apache.derby:*"

build/parents/build/pom.xml

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <!-- slf4j: used by the AWS SDK -->
         <version.org.slf4j>1.7.36</version.org.slf4j>
 
-        <!-- >>> ORM 6 with Jakarta Persistence -->
+        <!-- >>> ORM 7 with Jakarta Persistence -->
         <!-- IMPORTANT: Make sure that version.jakarta.persistence aligns with the imported version! -->
         <!--
             NOTE: when Hibernate ORM updates Byte Buddy, make sure to check Jenkinsfile to see if
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
                 - remove and generate the files in mapper/orm-outbox-polling/src/main/avro/generated
         -->
         <version.org.apache.avro>1.12.0</version.org.apache.avro>
-        <version.org.jboss.weld>6.0.0.Final</version.org.jboss.weld>
+        <version.org.jboss.weld>5.1.4.Final</version.org.jboss.weld>
 
         <!-- >>> JDBC Drivers -->
         <version.com.h2database>2.3.232</version.com.h2database>
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
                                 <rules>
                                     <bannedDependencies>
                                         <excludes>
-                                            <!-- As we are using ORM 6 and Jakarta we don't want javax dependencies: -->
+                                            <!-- As we are using ORM 7 and Jakarta we don't want javax dependencies: -->
                                             <exclude>javax.persistence:javax.persistence-api</exclude>
                                             <exclude>javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api</exclude>
                                             <exclude>javax.enterprise:cdi-api</exclude>