Updated to Java 17
Simplified Jitpack script

SLF4J 1.7.31 to 2.0.6
MariaDB Java Client 2.7.3 to 3.1.2 (excluded Waffle JNA dependency)
HikariCP 4.0.3 to 5.0.1
JUnit 5.7.2 to 5.9.2
Surefire 2.22.2 to 3.0.0-M8