Merge branch '13.1.x' into 14.0.x by sp-gupta

Author: ConfluentSemaphore

pom.xml

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
         <commons.codec.version>1.15</commons.codec.version>
         <confluent.version>${io.confluent.common.version}</confluent.version>
         <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
+        <dependency.check.skip>true</dependency.check.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>