Merge pull request #4048 from kubernetes-client/dependabot/maven/com.google.protobuf-protobuf-java-4.31.0

build(deps): bump com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java from 4.30.2 to 4.31.0

Author: k8s-ci-robot

pom.xml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <snakeyaml.version>2.4</snakeyaml.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
     <caffeine.version>2.9.3</caffeine.version>
-    <protobuf.version>4.30.2</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.31.0</protobuf.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     <bucket4j.version>8.10.1</bucket4j.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.80</bouncycastle.version>