diff --git a/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-continue-on-scan-errors.sh b/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-continue-on-scan-errors.sh
index fce0aa6c5..901b433d6 100755
--- a/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-continue-on-scan-errors.sh
+++ b/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-continue-on-scan-errors.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.24.0"}
 NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.24.0"}
 NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION:-"open"}
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.8.0"}
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.9.0-RC1"}
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4j-latest-jqassistant-continue-on-error.yaml"}
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diff --git a/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-low-memory.sh b/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-low-memory.sh
index 81f3d0e6c..1827c5ff6 100755
--- a/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-low-memory.sh
+++ b/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest-low-memory.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.24.0"}
 NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.24.0"}
 NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION:-"open"}
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.8.0"}
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.9.0-RC1"}
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4j-remote-jqassistant.yaml"}
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diff --git a/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest.sh b/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest.sh
index 7b39182ee..d4add535b 100755
--- a/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest.sh
+++ b/scripts/profiles/Neo4j-latest.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.24.0"}
 NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION=${NEO4J_OPEN_GDS_PLUGIN_VERSION:-"2.24.0"}
 NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION=${NEO4J_GDS_PLUGIN_EDITION:-"open"}
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.8.0"}
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.9.0-RC1"}
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4j-remote-jqassistant.yaml"}
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diff --git a/scripts/resetAndScan.sh b/scripts/resetAndScan.sh
index 950bd8fd6..03d48bd4b 100755
--- a/scripts/resetAndScan.sh
+++ b/scripts/resetAndScan.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # Fail on any error ("-e" = exit on first error, "-o pipefail" exist on errors within piped commands)
 set -o errexit -o pipefail
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.8.0"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.9.0-RC1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"} # Name of the jQAssistant Maven artifact
 JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE=${JQASSISTANT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE:-"template-neo4j-remote-jqassistant.yaml"} # Name of the template file for the jqassistant configuration. Neo4j >= 2025.x: "template-neo4j-remote-jqassistant.yaml",  Neo4j v5: "template-neo4jv5-jqassistant.yaml", Neo4j v4: "template-neo4jv4-jqassistant.yaml"
 
diff --git a/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh b/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh
index 70ed8b5dd..241a2ccf2 100755
--- a/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh
+++ b/scripts/setupJQAssistant.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Fail on any error ("-e" = exit on first error, "-o pipefail" exist on errors within piped commands)
 set -o errexit -o pipefail
 
-JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.8.0"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
+JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_VERSION:-"2.9.0-RC1"} # Version number of the jQAssistant command line interface. Version 1.12.2 is compatible with Neo4j v4
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_DOWNLOAD_URL=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_DOWNLOAD_URL:-"https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/buschmais/jqassistant/cli"} # Download URL for the jQAssistant CLI
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_ARTIFACT:-"jqassistant-commandline-neo4jv5"}
 JQASSISTANT_CLI_DISTRIBUTION=${JQASSISTANT_CLI_DISTRIBUTION:-"distribution.zip"} #  Neo4j v5 & v4: "distribution.zip"