diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bfdc092..246aac8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b41e12..ed56aef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# VS Code-specific files
+.vscode/
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/src/mlmgen/__version__.py b/src/mlmgen/__version__.py
index 0b9e304..f7308ec 100644
--- a/src/mlmgen/__version__.py
+++ b/src/mlmgen/__version__.py
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 __version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
 version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
 
-__version__ = version = "0.1.dev8+ga45da81.d20240812"
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 1, "dev8", "ga45da81.d20240812")
+__version__ = version = "0.1.dev9+g0dbaecc.d20240812"
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 1, "dev9", "g0dbaecc.d20240812")