diff --git a/.buildlibrary b/.buildlibrary
index 2a452dc..f590492 100644
--- a/.buildlibrary
+++ b/.buildlibrary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ValidationKey: '5689656'
+ValidationKey: '5811600'
 AutocreateReadme: yes
 AcceptedWarnings:
 - 'Warning: package ''.*'' was built under R version'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5cdee1a..7ccf77e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # testthat snapshots are machine-generated regression tests that
 # have to be preserved exactly as they are
-# PRtest is a routine manually generated and is used independetly 
-# but stored in edgeTRansport package for versioning
-exclude: '^(tests/testthat/_snaps/.*$|tests/PRtest/)'
+exclude: '^tests/testthat/_snaps/.*$'
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: 2c9f875913ee60ca25ce70243dc24d5b6415598c  # frozen: v4.6.0
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 429999c..4fdd231 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'edgeTransport: Prepare EDGE Transport Data for the REMIND model'
-version: 2.8.4
-date-released: '2024-11-07'
+version: 2.9.0
+date-released: '2024-11-13'
 abstract: EDGE-T is a fork of the GCAM transport module https://jgcri.github.io/gcam-doc/energy.html#transportation
   with a high level of detail in its representation of technological and modal options.
   It is a partial equilibrium model with a nested multinomial logit structure and
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2bd6ac7..a702d62 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: edgeTransport
 Title: Prepare EDGE Transport Data for the REMIND model
-Version: 2.8.4
+Version: 2.9.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Johanna", "Hoppe", , "johanna.hoppe@pik-potsdam.de", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0009-0004-6753-5090")),
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
-Date: 2024-11-07
+Date: 2024-11-13
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Imports:
     rmndt,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7677a7..93887d6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Prepare EDGE Transport Data for the REMIND model
 
-R package **edgeTransport**, version **2.8.4**
+R package **edgeTransport**, version **2.9.0**
 
 [![CRAN status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/edgeTransport)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=edgeTransport)  [![R build status](https://github.com/pik-piam/edgeTransport/workflows/check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pik-piam/edgeTransport/actions) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/edgeTransport/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/pik-piam/edgeTransport) [![r-universe](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/badges/edgeTransport)](https://pik-piam.r-universe.dev/builds)
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ In case of questions / problems please contact Johanna Hoppe <johanna.hoppe@pik-
 
 To cite package **edgeTransport** in publications use:
 
-Hoppe J, Dirnaichner A, Rottoli M, Muessel J (2024). _edgeTransport: Prepare EDGE Transport Data for the REMIND model_. R package version 2.8.4, <https://github.com/pik-piam/edgeTransport>.
+Hoppe J, Dirnaichner A, Rottoli M, Muessel J (2024). _edgeTransport: Prepare EDGE Transport Data for the REMIND model_. R package version 2.9.0, <https://github.com/pik-piam/edgeTransport>.
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
   title = {edgeTransport: Prepare EDGE Transport Data for the REMIND model},
   author = {Johanna Hoppe and Alois Dirnaichner and Marianna Rottoli and Jarusch Muessel},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 2.8.4},
+  note = {R package version 2.9.0},
   url = {https://github.com/pik-piam/edgeTransport},
 }
 ```