@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ assertpy2 reports the [exact path to every difference](https://solganis.github.i
 assert_that(response).is_equal_to(expected)
 ```
 
-<img src="docs/assets/diff-equal.png" width="300" alt="Structured diff in the terminal: status and user.role shown with their paths, removals in red and additions in green">
+<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Solganis/assertpy2/main/docs/assets/diff-equal.png" width="300" alt="Structured diff in the terminal: status and user.role shown with their paths, removals in red and additions in green">
 
 Recursive diffs work for dicts, dataclasses, namedtuples, attrs, and Pydantic models.
 For responses with dynamic fields (IDs, timestamps), validate a subset with
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 from .string import StringMixin
 from .warning import WarningMixin
 
-__version__ = "2.8.1"
+__version__ = "2.9.0"
 
 __tracebackhide__ = True  # clean tracebacks via py.test integration
 contextlib.__tracebackhide__ = True  # ty: ignore[unresolved-attribute]  # pytest monkey-patch
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ scan. The fluent form trades the zero-import convenience of `==` for a path-leve
 
 | | pytest assert | PyHamcrest | assertpy | dirty-equals | **assertpy2** |
 |---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
-| Latest release | built-in | 2.1.0 | 1.1 (2020) | 0.9.0 | **2.8.1** |
+| Latest release | built-in | 2.1.0 | 1.1 (2020) | 0.9.0 | **2.9.0** |
 | Property-based tests | n/a | No | No | No | **Yes** |
 | Runtime dependencies | **none** | **none** | **none** | **none** | **none on 3.11+** |
 | License | MIT | BSD | BSD | MIT | BSD-3 |
 
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "assertpy2"
-version = "2.8.1"
+version = "2.9.0"
 description = "Fluent assertion library for Python with composable matchers, structural matching, and full type safety"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"