diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37837257..faefee34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ TODOs:
 - can we force order of how `selene.*` is rendered on autocomplete? via `__all__`...
 - deprecate `have.js_returned` in favour of `have.script_returned`
 
-## 2.0.0rc8 (to be released on 06.03.2024)
+## 2.0.0rc9 (to be released on 06.03.2024)
 
 ### Click with offsets
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba6cfde9..5f7d89a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ TBD
 
 <!-- References -->
 [selenide]: http://selenide.org/
-[latest-recommended-version]: https://pypi.org/project/selene/2.0.0rc8/
+[latest-recommended-version]: https://pypi.org/project/selene/2.0.0rc9/
 [brunch-ver-1]: https://github.com/yashaka/selene/tree/1.x
 [selene-stable]: https://pypi.org/project/selene/1.0.2/
 [python-37]: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dcbb8e0e..ad5a39b3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "selene"
-version = "2.0.0rc8"
+version = "2.0.0rc9"
 description = "User-oriented browser tests in Python (Selenide port)"
 authors = ["Iakiv Kramarenko <yashaka@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ skip-string-normalization = 1
     logging-format-style=['old']
     logging-modules=['logging']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'SPELLING']
+        [tool.pylint.'SPELLING']
     max-spelling-suggestions=4
     spelling-store-unknown-words=['no']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'MISCELLANEOUS']
+        [tool.pylint.'MISCELLANEOUS']
     notes=['FIXME,XXX']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'TYPECHECK']
+        [tool.pylint.'TYPECHECK']
     contextmanager-decorators=['contextlib.contextmanager']
     ignore-mixin-members=['yes']
     ignore-none=['yes']
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ skip-string-normalization = 1
     missing-member-hint-distance=1
     missing-member-max-choices=1
 
-    [tool.pylint.'VARIABLES']
+        [tool.pylint.'VARIABLES']
     allow-global-unused-variables=['yes']
     callbacks=['cb_,_cb']
     dummy-variables-rgx=['_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_']
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ skip-string-normalization = 1
     init-import=['no']
     redefining-builtins-modules=['six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'FORMAT']
+        [tool.pylint.'FORMAT']
     ignore-long-lines=['^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$']
     indent-after-paren=4
     indent-string='    '
@@ -248,13 +248,13 @@ skip-string-normalization = 1
     single-line-class-stmt=['no']
     single-line-if-stmt=['no']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'SIMILARITIES']
+        [tool.pylint.'SIMILARITIES']
     ignore-comments=['yes']
     ignore-docstrings=['yes']
     ignore-imports=['no']
     min-similarity-lines=4
 
-    [tool.pylint.'BASIC']
+        [tool.pylint.'BASIC']
     argument-naming-style=['snake_case']
     attr-naming-style=['snake_case']
     bad-names=['foo,bar,baz,toto,tutu,tata']
@@ -272,22 +272,22 @@ skip-string-normalization = 1
     property-classes=['abc.abstractproperty']
     variable-naming-style=['snake_case']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'STRING']
+        [tool.pylint.'STRING']
     check-quote-consistency=['no']
     check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=['no']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'IMPORTS']
+        [tool.pylint.'IMPORTS']
     allow-wildcard-with-all=['no']
     analyse-fallback-blocks=['no']
     deprecated-modules=['optparse,tkinter.tix']
     known-third-party=['enchant']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'CLASSES']
+        [tool.pylint.'CLASSES']
     defining-attr-methods=['__init__,__new__,setUp,__post_init__']
     valid-classmethod-first-arg=['cls']
     valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=['cls']
 
-    [tool.pylint.'DESIGN']
+        [tool.pylint.'DESIGN']
     max-args=5
     max-attributes=7
     max-bool-expr=5
@@ -299,5 +299,5 @@ skip-string-normalization = 1
     max-statements=80
     min-public-methods=2
 
-    [tool.pylint.'EXCEPTIONS']
+        [tool.pylint.'EXCEPTIONS']
     overgeneral-exceptions=['BaseException,Exception']
diff --git a/selene/__init__.py b/selene/__init__.py
index b544bf58..34d574bb 100644
--- a/selene/__init__.py
+++ b/selene/__init__.py
@@ -225,4 +225,4 @@
 # """
 from selene.core.entity import Element, Collection  # noqa
 
-__version__ = '2.0.0rc8'
+__version__ = '2.0.0rc9'