CI(deps): Update dependency mkdocs-material to v9.7.4 (releasebranch_8_5)

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
mkdocs-material (changelog)	==9.7.1 → ==9.7.4

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Release Notes

squidfunk/mkdocs-material (mkdocs-material)

v9.7.4: mkdocs-material-9.7.4

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[!WARNING]

Material for MkDocs is in maintenance mode

Going forward, the Material for MkDocs team focuses on Zensical, a next-gen static site generator built from first principles. We will provide critical bug fixes and security updates for Material for MkDocs until November 2026.

Read the full announcement on our blog

Changes

• Hardened social cards plugin by switching to sandboxed environment (recommended by @​caveeroo)
• Updated MkDocs 2.0 incompatibility warning

v9.7.3: mkdocs-material-9.7.3

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[!WARNING]

Material for MkDocs is in maintenance mode

Going forward, the Material for MkDocs team focuses on Zensical, a next-gen static site generator built from first principles. We will provide critical bug fixes and security updates for Material for MkDocs until November 2026.

Read the full announcement on our blog

Changes

• Fixed #​8567: Print MkDocs 2.0 incompatibility warning to stderr

v9.7.2: mkdocs-material-9.7.2

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[!WARNING]

Material for MkDocs is in maintenance mode

Going forward, the Material for MkDocs team focuses on Zensical, a next-gen static site generator built from first principles. We will provide critical bug fixes and security updates for Material for MkDocs until November 2026.

Read the full announcement on our blog

Changes

• Opened up version ranges of optional dependencies for forward-compatibility
• Added warning to mkdocs build about impending MkDocs 2.0 incompatibility (doesn't affect strict mode)

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