[release-v1.17] bring back Quarkus version bump and fix leak it causes (#1988)

* Revert "[release-v1.17] Revert quarkus bumps (#1967)"

This reverts commit 16ec0e7.

* [knative-extensions#4514] close KubernesClient

fixes knative-extensions#4514

* [knative-extensions#4514] reuse existing Vert.x instance in Kubernetes Client

fixes knative-extensions#4514

* update third party licenses

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Co-authored-by: Christoph Stäbler <[email protected]>

Author: simkam