Update GitHub Actions to use latest versions and JDK 17

Upgraded actions/checkout to v4 and actions/setup-java to v4 in release.yml and gradle.yml. Changed the Java version from 11 to 17, specifying the 'temurin' distribution for better compatibility and performance. Also updated softprops/action-gh-release to v2 in release.yml.

.github/workflows/gradle.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
         run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Build with Gradle

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
         run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew clean build
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
           files: |