Merge branch '2.7.x' into 3.0.x

Closes gh-37203

.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'liberica'
 
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
         uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1

.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ jobs:
     name: "Validation"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1