Cherry pick branch 'genexuslabs:fix/bump-netty-framework' into beta

Author: sgrampone

gxazureserverless/pom.xml

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
             <version>3.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
-            <artifactId>azure-functions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.39.0</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.cloudevents</groupId>
@@ -61,6 +56,7 @@
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
             <version>5.12.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>