Prepare release 4.0.0-RC1

Author: fmbenhassine

pom.xml

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 
 		<!-- production dependencies -->
-		<reactor.version>3.8.0</reactor.version>
-		<spring-framework.version>7.0.1</spring-framework.version>
-		<spring-boot.version>4.0.0</spring-boot.version>
+		<reactor.version>3.8.1</reactor.version>
+		<spring-framework.version>7.0.2</spring-framework.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>4.0.1</spring-boot.version>
 		<jline.version>3.30.6</jline.version>
 		<antlr-st4.version>4.3.4</antlr-st4.version>
 		<jakarta.validation-api.version>3.1.1</jakarta.validation-api.version>