From 312b060be66377defd868074a415b761ffa45d57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:40:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(deps-dev): Bump
 com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin

Bumps [com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless) from 2.44.5 to 3.9.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/main/CHANGES.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/compare/maven/2.44.5...maven/3.9.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-maven-plugin
  dependency-version: 3.9.0
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 characterization/pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/characterization/pom.xml b/characterization/pom.xml
index 18f8fc2..7a0747e 100644
--- a/characterization/pom.xml
+++ b/characterization/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.44.5</version>
+				<version>3.9.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<java>
 						<googleJavaFormat>