diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6baadb5..a63be4e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -17658,8 +17658,8 @@
             },
             "peerDependencies": {
                 "@angular/cdk": ">= 13 < 18",
-                "@wdio/logger": ">= 8 < 9",
-                "webdriverio": ">= 8 < 9"
+                "@wdio/logger": ">= 9 < 10",
+                "webdriverio": ">= 9 < 10"
             }
         },
         "projects/tests-app": {},
diff --git a/projects/library/package.json b/projects/library/package.json
index 7e4cfc1..fc8901c 100644
--- a/projects/library/package.json
+++ b/projects/library/package.json
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
     },
     "peerDependencies": {
         "@angular/cdk": ">= 13 < 18",
-        "@wdio/logger": ">= 8 < 9",
-        "webdriverio": ">= 8 < 9"
+        "@wdio/logger": ">= 9 < 10",
+        "webdriverio": ">= 9 < 10"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@colors/colors": "^1.6.0"
diff --git a/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment.ts b/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment.ts
index 2693022..c201bd7 100644
--- a/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment.ts
+++ b/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment extends HarnessEnvironment<WebdriverI
     /** Gets a list of all elements matching the given selector under this environment's root element. */
     protected async getAllRawElements(selector: string): Promise<WebdriverIO.Element[]> {
         log.info(`${magenta('GET_ALL_RAW_ELEMENTS')} ${green(selector.toString())}`);
-        return [...(await this.rawRootElement.$$(selector))];
+        return [...(await this.rawRootElement.$$(selector).getElements())];
     }
 
     /** Gets the root element for the document. */
diff --git a/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOTestElement.ts b/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOTestElement.ts
index 479e5ae..f6b86d1 100644
--- a/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOTestElement.ts
+++ b/projects/library/src/WebdriverIOTestElement.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export class WebdriverIOTestElement implements TestElement {
     async selectOptions(...optionIndexes: number[]): Promise<void> {
         this.logAction('SELECT_OPTIONS', `[${optionIndexes.join(', ')}]`);
 
-        const options = await this.hostElement.$$('option');
+        const options = await this.hostElement.$$('option').getElements();
         const indexes = new Set(optionIndexes); // Convert to a set to remove duplicates.
 
         if (options.length && indexes.size) {
diff --git a/projects/library/src/index.ts b/projects/library/src/index.ts
index 29a5203..bb00b5d 100644
--- a/projects/library/src/index.ts
+++ b/projects/library/src/index.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const getHarness = async <T extends ComponentHarness>(
 export const createHarnessEnvironment = async (
     rootElement?: WebdriverIO.Element
 ): Promise<WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment> => {
-    return WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment.loader(rootElement || await $('body'));
+    return WebdriverIOHarnessEnvironment.loader(rootElement ?? await $('//body').getElement());
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/projects/library/tsconfig.json b/projects/library/tsconfig.json
index 6961e80..92d88fb 100644
--- a/projects/library/tsconfig.json
+++ b/projects/library/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
         "strictPropertyInitialization": true,
         "noUnusedLocals": true,
         "types": [
-            "node"
+            "node",
+            "@wdio/globals/types"
         ]
     },
     "compileOnSave": false,
diff --git a/projects/tests-e2e/harness.e2e.ts b/projects/tests-e2e/harness.e2e.ts
index 58b3b34..34b0a5a 100644
--- a/projects/tests-e2e/harness.e2e.ts
+++ b/projects/tests-e2e/harness.e2e.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe('Angular Material Harness', () => {
          * @error ERROR webdriver: Request failed with status 404 due to invalid session id: invalid session id
          * Moreover this api is not efficient as it loops through all the cells no matter the filter.
          */
-        const cellElement = await calendar.element().$('span.mat-calendar-body-cell-content=20');
+        const cellElement = await calendar.element().$('span.mat-calendar-body-cell-content=20').getElement();
         const cell = await getHarness(MatCalendarCellHarness, cellElement);
         await cell.select();
         /** -- */
diff --git a/projects/tests-e2e/tsconfig.json b/projects/tests-e2e/tsconfig.json
index 97ef561..617cbda 100644
--- a/projects/tests-e2e/tsconfig.json
+++ b/projects/tests-e2e/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
-	    "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "moduleResolution": "node",
         "module": "ESNext",
         "target": "es2022",
         "lib": [
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
         ],
         "types": [
             "node",
+            "jasmine",
+            "@wdio/globals/types",
             "expect-webdriverio/jasmine",
-            "@wdio/jasmine-framework"
+            "@wdio/jasmine-framework",
         ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/projects/tests-e2e/wdio.config.ts b/projects/tests-e2e/wdio.config.ts
index ddb250f..14fa971 100644
--- a/projects/tests-e2e/wdio.config.ts
+++ b/projects/tests-e2e/wdio.config.ts
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ export const config: Options.Testrunner = {
     // ====================
     runner: 'local',
     injectGlobals: false,
-    autoCompileOpts: {
-        tsNodeOpts: {
-            project: 'tsconfig.json'
-        }
-    },
     //
     // ==================
     // Specify Test Files
@@ -37,15 +32,18 @@ export const config: Options.Testrunner = {
     specs: [
         './**/*.e2e.ts'
     ],
+    filesToWatch: [
+        './src/**/*.ts'
+    ],
     //
     // ============
     // Capabilities
     // ============
     maxInstances: debug ? 1 : 100,
     capabilities: [{
-        maxInstances: 5,
         browserName: 'chrome',
         browserVersion: 'stable',
+        maxInstances: 5,
         acceptInsecureCerts: true,
         'goog:chromeOptions': {
             args: headless ? ['--headless', '--disable-gpu', '--disable-dev-shm-usage'] : [debug ? '--auto-open-devtools-for-tabs' : '']