Using fixed minor version of rest-client - 8 (#1011)

* using fixed minor version of rest-client * fix version

Author: l-trotta

java-client/build.gradle.kts

@@ -162,33 +162,6 @@ publishing {
  developerConnection.set("scm:git:ssh://git@github.com:elastic/elasticsearch-java.git")
  url.set("https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-java/")
  }
-
- withXml {
- // Set the version of dependencies of the org.elasticsearch.client group to the one that we are building.
- // Since the unified release process releases everything at once, this ensures all published artifacts depend
- // on the exact same version. This assumes of course that the binary API and the behavior of these dependencies
- // are the same as the one used in the dependency section below.
- val xPathFactory = javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory.newInstance()
- val depSelector = xPathFactory.newXPath()
- .compile("/project/dependencies/dependency[groupId/text() = 'org.elasticsearch.client']")
- val versionSelector = xPathFactory.newXPath().compile("version")
-
- var foundVersion = false;
-
- val deps = depSelector.evaluate(asElement().ownerDocument, javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants.NODESET)
- as org.w3c.dom.NodeList
-
- for (i in 0 until deps.length) {
- val dep = deps.item(i)
- val version = versionSelector.evaluate(dep, javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants.NODE) as org.w3c.dom.Element
- foundVersion = true;
- version.textContent = project.version.toString()
- }
-
- if (!foundVersion) {
- throw GradleException("Could not find a 'org.elasticsearch.client' to update dependency version in the POM.")
- }
- }
  }
  }
  }
@@ -204,7 +177,7 @@ signing {
 dependencies {
  // Compile and test with the last 7.x version to make sure transition scenarios where
  // the Java API client coexists with a 7.x HLRC work fine
- val elasticsearchVersion = "8.10.0"
+ val elasticsearchVersion = "8.18.0" // update to 8.19.0 before release
  val jacksonVersion = "2.17.0"
  val openTelemetryVersion = "1.29.0"