Prepare for 4.0.1 release

Author: zchrss-aws

README.md

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 ## Release Notes
 
+### Release 4.1.1 (March 26, 2025)
+* Upgrade netty.version from 4.1.108.Final to 4.1.118.Final
+* Upgrade logback.version from 1.3.14 to 1.3.15
+
 ### Release 4.0.0 (November 6, 2024)
+#### :warning: [BREAKING CHANGES] - Release 4.0.0 contains a dependency version that is not compatible with JDK 8. Please upgrade to a later version if your KCL application requires JDK 8.
 * New lease assignment / load balancing algorithm
   * KCL 3.x introduces a new lease assignment and load balancing algorithm. It assigns leases among workers based on worker utilization metrics and throughput on each lease, replacing the previous lease count-based lease assignment algorithm.
   * When KCL detects higher variance in CPU utilization among workers, it proactively reassigns leases from over-utilized workers to under-utilized workers for even load balancing. This ensures even CPU utilization across workers and removes the need to over-provision the stream processing compute hosts.

pom.xml

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     <properties>
         <awssdk.version>2.25.64</awssdk.version>
         <kcl.version>3.0.0</kcl.version>
-        <netty.version>4.1.108.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.118.Final</netty.version>
         <netty-reactive.version>2.0.6</netty-reactive.version>
         <fasterxml-jackson.version>2.13.5</fasterxml-jackson.version>
         <logback.version>1.3.14</logback.version>