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Type of Change

• Task

Description

Bumps the default tool versions of the dependency actions (tests and README updated too):

• Helm v3.20.0 → v4.3.2, helm-unittest v1.0.3 → v1.2.1. Helm 4 verifies plugin signatures by default, which a git source does not support, so setup-helm.sh passes --verify=false on Helm 4. The test matrix now covers v4.0.0 and v4.3.2. TEST_HELM3_VERSION in setup-helm.sh is renamed to TEST_HELM_VERSION.

Important

helm-unittest v1.1.0+ cannot be loaded by Helm < 3.18. Repos passing helmVersion: v3.16.0 (operator, drain-cleaner, access-operator) need to move to Helm 4 when they bump the pin, or set helmUnitTestVersion: v1.0.3.

• minikube v1.38.0 → v1.39.0. 1.39 defaults to containerd, so minikube start now sets --container-runtime=docker; load-containers relies on minikube docker-env.
• Fix: setup-minikube defaulted kubeVersion to v1.38.0, which is not released yet (kubectl download returns 404). It is now v1.37.2.
• kind 0.32.0 → 0.33.0, cloud-provider-kind 0.11.0 → 0.12.0
• registry 2.8.3 → 3.1.2 (kind and minikube)
• syft 1.20.0 → 1.57.1, yq v4.53.3 → v4.54.3
• Maven 3.9.9 → 3.9.16, Ruby 3.2 (EOL) → 3.4
• Java 25 added to the setup-java test matrix

Maven 3.10 is left for a separate change.

Checklist

• Update documentation
• Write tests
• Make sure all tests pass
• Try your changes inside a Kubernetes cluster, not just from unit tests
• AI assistance was used to create this PR (see the Strimzi AI policy)

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