Manual merge of #966 (pom.xml changes won't auto-merge)

pom.xml

@@ -198,6 +198,35 @@ tools.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <!-- 23-Mar-2023, tatu: [core#965] Need to put back Gradle module metadata marker -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.github.floverfelt</groupId>
+        <artifactId>find-and-replace-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>exec</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>find-and-replace</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <replacementType>file-contents</replacementType>
+              <baseDir>${basedir}</baseDir>
+              <findRegex><![CDATA[<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>]]></findRegex>
+              <fileMask>dependency-reduced-pom.xml</fileMask>
+              <replaceValue><![CDATA[  <!-- This module was also published with a richer model, Gradle metadata,  -->
+  <!-- which should be used instead. Do not delete the following line which  -->
+  <!-- is to indicate to Gradle or any Gradle module metadata file consumer  -->
+  <!-- that they should prefer consuming it instead. -->
+  <!-- do_not_remove: published-with-gradle-metadata -->
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>]]></replaceValue>
+              <recursive>false</recursive>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
       <!-- 16-Nov-2022, tatu: [core#838] add verification of compatibility
            wrt Android SDK versions using AnimalSniffer with "gummy bears" signatures.
            To be run from CI, but manually with: