v1.6.1

📦 Release v1.6.1

🛠️ Features & Fixes

• ✨ Support for the new EventBridge 1MB payload size — the connector now takes advantage of the increased PutEvents entry size limit, raising the batching threshold from 256KB to <1MB (1,048,575 bytes) (@embano1, #671, closes #670)
• 🧹 Removed unused Joda dependency (@agebhar1, #632)
• CI/Test Infra: Refreshed Kafka/Confluent/Redpanda/LocalStack container images (@agebhar1, #643)

📦 Dependency Updates

• AWS SDK (Java) incrementally bumped from 2.38.2 → 2.42.23
• Jackson BOM 2.20.1 → 2.21.2
• Apache Commons: commons-lang3 3.19.0 → 3.20.0, commons-codec 1.20.0 → 1.21.0, commons-logging 1.3.5 → 1.3.6
• JSON tooling: com.jayway.jsonpath 2.10.0 → 3.0.0
• Logging: ch.qos.logback:logback-classic 1.5.20 → 1.5.32
• Kafka Connect API 3.9.1 → 3.9.2
• Test toolchain: JUnit Jupiter 6.0.1 → 6.0.3, Mockito 5.20.0 → 5.23.0, Testcontainers BOM 2.0.1 → 2.0.4, AssertJ 3.27.6 → 3.27.7
• Build/CI plumbing: Maven Shade/Surefire/Failsafe to 3.6.2/3.5.5/3.5.5, git-commit-id plugin 9.1.0, GitHub Actions runners (checkout 6.0.2, setup-java 5.2.0, setup-node 6.3.0, upload-artifact 7.0.0, setup-compose-action 2.1.0) bumped to their latest versions

What's Changed

• chore: remove unused Joda dependency by @agebhar1 in #632
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.38.2 to 2.39.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #634
• build(deps): Bump actions/checkout from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #637
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.20 to 1.5.21 by @dependabot[bot] in #633
• build(deps): Bump org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #636
• build(deps): Bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.19.0 to 3.20.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #635
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.39.2 to 2.39.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #638
• build(deps): Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #639
• build(deps): Bump actions/setup-node from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #642
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.39.6 to 2.40.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #640
• build(deps): Bump actions/setup-java from 5.0.0 to 5.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #641
• chore: update container images by @agebhar1 in #643
• build(deps): Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #644
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.mockito.version from 5.20.0 to 5.21.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #645
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.40.3 to 2.40.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #646
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.21 to 1.5.22 by @dependabot[bot] in #647
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.22 to 1.5.23 by @dependabot[bot] in #648
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.40.8 to 2.40.13 by @dependabot[bot] in #649
• build(deps): Bump org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #650
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.40.13 to 2.40.16 by @dependabot[bot] in #651
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.40.16 to 2.41.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #652
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.1 to 2.41.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #653
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.23 to 1.5.24 by @dependabot[bot] in #654
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #655
• build(deps): Bump actions/setup-node from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #656
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.5 to 2.41.10 by @dependabot[bot] in #657
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.24 to 1.5.25 by @dependabot[bot] in #658
• build(deps): Bump com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom from 2.20.1 to 2.21.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #659
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.10 to 2.41.14 by @dependabot[bot] in #660
• build(deps): Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #661
• build(deps): Bump actions/setup-java from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #662
• build(deps): Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.27.6 to 3.27.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #664
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.25 to 1.5.26 by @dependabot[bot] in #663
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.26 to 1.5.27 by @dependabot[bot] in #665
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.14 to 2.41.19 by @dependabot[bot] in #667
• build(deps): Bump commons-codec:commons-codec from 1.20.0 to 1.21.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #666
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.19 to 2.41.24 by @dependabot[bot] in #668
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.27 to 1.5.28 by @dependabot[bot] in #669
• feat: support strict <1MB EventBridge payload batching by @embano1 in #671
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #674
• build(deps-dev): Bump ch.qos.logback:logback-classic from 1.5.28 to 1.5.32 by @dependabot[bot] in #672
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.24 to 2.41.29 by @dependabot[bot] in #673
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.29 to 2.41.34 by @dependabot[bot] in #675
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin from 3.5.4 to 3.5.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #676
• build(deps): Bump com.jayway.jsonpath.version from 2.10.0 to 3.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #677
• build(deps): Bump connect.api.version from 3.9.1 to 3.9.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #678
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin from 3.5.4 to 3.5.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #680
• build(deps): Bump com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom from 2.21.0 to 2.21.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #679
• build(deps): Bump docker/setup-compose-action from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #681
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.mockito.version from 5.21.0 to 5.22.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #684
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.41.34 to 2.42.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #682
• build(deps): Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #683
• build(deps): Bump actions/setup-node from 6.2.0 to 6.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #685
• build(deps): Bump docker/setup-compose-action from 1.3.0 to 2.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #687
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin from 3.6.1 to 3.6.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #688
• build(deps): Bump commons-logging:commons-logging from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #689
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.42.4 to 2.42.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #686
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.42.8 to 2.42.13 by @dependabot[bot] in #690
• build(deps-dev): Bump org.mockito.version from 5.22.0 to 5.23.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #691
• build(deps): Bump org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #694
• build(deps): Bump com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom from 2.21.1 to 2.21.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #692
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.42.13 to 2.42.18 by @dependabot[bot] in #693
• build(deps-dev): Bump io.github.git-commit-id:git-commit-id-maven-plugin from 9.0.2 to 9.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #696
• build(deps): Bump aws.java.sdk.version from 2.42.18 to 2.42.23 by @dependabot[bot] in #695

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.6.1