diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [10.0.0-rc.0](https://github.com/gemini-testing/looks-same/compare/v9.0.0...v10.0.0-rc.0) (2024-03-07)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* node versions less than 18.17.0 are no longer supported
+
+* drop node versions less than 18.17.0 ([402cfe0](https://github.com/gemini-testing/looks-same/commit/402cfe08b11796c86572cf6de454c8583792d461))
+
 ## [9.0.0](https://github.com/gemini-testing/looks-same/compare/v8.2.4...v9.0.0) (2023-10-31)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
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--- a/package-lock.json
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "looks-same",
-  "version": "9.0.0",
+  "version": "10.0.0-rc.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "looks-same",
-  "version": "9.0.0",
+  "version": "10.0.0-rc.0",
   "description": "Pure node.js library for comparing PNG-images, taking into account human color perception.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",