2.18

Incorporates changes that would have been release 2.17 - but it did not happen properly due to a Maven hiccup

✍ Other changes

• Optimize Gitpod config (#334) @jmMeessen
• Gitpodify repository (#330) @jmMeessen

📦 Dependency updates

• Bump plugin from 4.47 to 4.48 (#337) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.46 to 4.47 (#333) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.45 to 4.46 (#332) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.44 to 4.45 (#331) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.43.1 to 4.44 (#329) @dependabot