The version of bytebuddy Beam is vendoring (1.10.8) is already 16 months old and it is not compatible with more recent versions of Java. I would like to propose that we upgrade it [1] to the most recent version (1.11.0) [2] so we can benefit of the latest improvements for Java 16/17 and upgraded ASM.
If everyone agrees I would like to volunteer as the release manager for this upgrade. [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-12241 [2] https://github.com/raphw/byte-buddy/blob/master/release-notes.md
