What's Changed

• chore: tests with java 25 by @sebastian-alfers in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1866
• chore: remove sbt IntegrationTest scope by @ennru in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1867
• chore: Re-generate proto test message with newer protoc by @johanandren in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1869
• chore: bump kafka-clients to 4.1.0 by @sebastian-alfers in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1843
• bump: Scala 2.13.17 and 3.3.7 by @johanandren in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1870
• chore: Copyright year 2025 by @johanandren in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1871
• bump: Akka 2.10.11 by @johanandren in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1872
• chore: License change date for 8.0.0 by @johanandren in https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/pull/1874

Full Changelog: https://github.com/akka/alpakka-kafka/compare/v7.0.4...v8.0.0