Consider adopting Verifying dependencies Gradle API

[HonzaR]

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Although the project dependencies are covered with our dependency locking mechanism, we could leverage the new Gradle Verifying dependencies feature to strengthen the safety of the dependencies we use.

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Available starting Gradle version 8.5. See: https://docs.gradle.org/8.5/userguide/dependency_verification.html