Drop Apache Commons and Log4J Over SLF4J dependencies - #56

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@v4, actions/setup-java@v3, s4u/maven-settings-action@v2.8.0. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/