[build] Prepare for release of Selenium 4.40 (#16931)

* update pinned browser versions

* update devtools versions

* update selenium manager versions

* update maven dependency versions

* update authors file

* bump versions in preparation for release

* changelogs updated

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Co-authored-by: Selenium CI Bot <selenium-ci@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: selenium-ci

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ body:
     id: selenium-version
     attributes:
       label: What version of Selenium are you currently using?
-      description: Important! The latest released version of Selenium is 4.39 and we can't fix old versions.
+      description: Important! The latest released version of Selenium is 4.40 and we can't fix old versions.
       placeholder: e.g., 4.17.0
     validations:
       required: true

AUTHORS

@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ David Zhu <hdavidzhu@users.noreply.github.com>
 Debanjan Choudhury <debanjanc01@gmail.com>
 deedy5 <65482418+deedy5@users.noreply.github.com>
 DeflateAwning <11021263+DeflateAwning@users.noreply.github.com>
+Delta456 <swstkbaranwal@gmail.com>
 Denis Demchenko <lancedikson@gmail.com>
 Dennis Oelkers <dennis@graylog.com>
 dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -622,6 +623,8 @@ Michael P. Jung <michael.jung@terreon.de>
 Michael Render <render.michael@gmail.com>
 Michael Tamm <michael.tamm2@gmail.com>
 Michael Zhou <zhoumotongxue008@gmail.com>
+Michal Zyndul <michal.zyndul@adverity.com>
+Michal Zyndul <michalzyndul@gmail.com>
 Michal Čihař <michal@cihar.com>
 Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
 Michał Herda <phoe@openmailbox.org>
@@ -734,6 +737,7 @@ phoenix384 <phoenix384@gmx.de>
 pinterior <pinterior@users.noreply.github.com>
 Piotr Witoslawski <pwitoslawski@opera.com>
 pitachips <hjkim3323@gmail.com>
+pixelsapphire <35204889+pixelsapphire@users.noreply.github.com>
 PombaM <PombaM@users.noreply.github.com>
 Potapov Dmitriy <potapovd3012@gmail.com>
 Prakhar Rawat <pxr7185@g.rit.edu>
@@ -757,6 +761,7 @@ reichsta <reichsta@amazon.com>
 Reinaldo Rossetti <reinaldo.rossetti@outlook.com>
 Reinhold Degenfellner <reinhold.jun@degenfellner.com>
 Remco <remcowesterhoud@msn.com>
+RENATO SPENCER <124679632+spencerarq@users.noreply.github.com>
 renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
 richard.hines <richard.hines@hp.com>
 RichCrook <richcrook@yahoo.com>

MODULE.bazel

@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ maven.install(
     name = "maven",
     artifacts = [
         "com.beust:jcommander:1.82",
-        "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.52.1",
-        "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:3.27.1",
+        "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.53.0",
+        "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:3.28.0",
         "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs:4.9.8",
         "com.github.stephenc.jcip:jcip-annotations:1.0-1",
         "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2",
@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ maven.install(
         "com.google.auto:auto-common:1.2.2",
         "com.google.auto.service:auto-service:1.1.1",
         "com.google.auto.service:auto-service-annotations:1.1.1",
-        "com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.32.0",
-        "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:4.33.1",
+        "com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.33.0",
+        "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:4.33.4",
         "com.google.protobuf.nano:protobuf-javanano:3.1.0",
         "com.graphql-java:graphql-java:24.1",
-        "com.uber.nullaway:nullaway:0.12.13",
+        "com.uber.nullaway:nullaway:0.12.15",
         "dev.failsafe:failsafe:3.3.2",
-        "io.grpc:grpc-context:1.77.0",
-        "io.lettuce:lettuce-core:7.1.0.RELEASE",
+        "io.grpc:grpc-context:1.78.0",
+        "io.lettuce:lettuce-core:7.2.1.RELEASE",
         "io.netty:netty-buffer",
         "io.netty:netty-codec-http",
         "io.netty:netty-codec-http2",
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ maven.install(
         "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-trace",
         "it.ozimov:embedded-redis:0.7.3",
         "javax.inject:javax.inject:1",
-        "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.18.2",
-        "org.htmlunit:htmlunit-core-js:4.19.0",
-        "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.2",
+        "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.18.4",
+        "org.htmlunit:htmlunit-core-js:4.21.0",
+        "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.3",
         "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.6",
         "org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:1.83",
         "org.eclipse.mylyn.github:org.eclipse.egit.github.core:2.1.5",
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ maven.install(
         "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-reporting",
         "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-commons",
         "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-engine",
-        "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.20.0",
-        "org.redisson:redisson:3.52.0",
+        "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.21.0",
+        "org.redisson:redisson:4.1.0",
         "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17",
         "org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:2.0.17",
         "org.tomlj:tomlj:1.1.1",
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ maven.install(
         "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core:2.1.8",
     ],
     boms = [
-        "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom:1.56.0",
-        "io.netty:netty-bom:4.2.7.Final",
-        "org.junit:junit-bom:6.0.1",
+        "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom:1.58.0",
+        "io.netty:netty-bom:4.2.9.Final",
+        "org.junit:junit-bom:6.0.2",
     ],
     excluded_artifacts = [
         "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all",  # Replaced by hamcrest 2

Rakefile

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ JAVA_RELEASE_TARGETS = %w[
   //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome:chrome.publish
   //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/chromium:chromium.publish
   //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/devtools/v143:v143.publish
-  //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/devtools/v141:v141.publish
+  //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/devtools/v144:v144.publish
   //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/devtools/v142:v142.publish
   //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/edge:edge.publish
   //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox:firefox.publish