From f740908aaa2f35282c522dfe899f67113d523a74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valery Yatsynovich <valery_yatsynovich@epam.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:59:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] release: v9.4.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 12 ++++++++++++
 README.md         |  5 +++--
 gradle.properties |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09c42fd19..afce5b183 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+_9.4.0_
+- **[ENHANCEMENTS]**
+  - Implement `HasBiDi` interface support in `AppiumDriver` [#2250](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2250), [#2254](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2254), [#2256](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2256)
+  - Add compatibility with Selenium `4.28.0` [#2249](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2249)
+- **[BUG FIX]**
+  - Fix scroll issue in flutter integration driver [#2227](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2227)
+  - Fix the definition of `logcatFilterSpecs` option [#2258](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2258)
+  - Use `WeakHashMap` for caching proxy classes [#2260](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2260)
+- **[DEPENDENCY UPDATES]**
+  - Bump minimum supported Selenium version from `4.19.0` to `4.26.0` [#2246](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2246)
+  - Bump Apache Commons Lang from `3.15.0` to `3.16.1` [#2220](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2220), [#2228](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2228)
+  - Bump SLF4J from `2.0.13` to `2.0.16` [#2221](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2221)
 
 _9.3.0_
 - **[ENHANCEMENTS]**
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91e61c688..2ca984af3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ dependencies {
 
 ### Compatibility Matrix
  Appium Java Client                                                                                 | Selenium client
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------
- `9.2.1`(known issues: appium/java-client#2145, appium/java-client#2146), `9.2.2`, `9.2.3`, `9.3.0` | `4.19.0`, `4.19.1`, `4.20.0`, `4.21.0`, `4.22.0`, `4.23.0`
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
+`9.4.0`                                                                                             | `4.26.0`, `4.27.0`, `4.28.0`
+ `9.2.1`(known issues: appium/java-client#2145, appium/java-client#2146), `9.2.2`, `9.2.3`, `9.3.0` | `4.19.0`, `4.19.1`, `4.20.0`, `4.21.0`, `4.22.0`, `4.23.0`, `4.23.1`, `4.24.0`, `4.25.0`, `4.26.0`, `4.27.0`
  `9.1.0`, `9.2.0`                                                                                   | `4.17.0`, `4.18.0`, `4.18.1`
  `9.0.0`                                                                                            | `4.14.1`, `4.15.0`, `4.16.0` (partially [corrupted](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/13256)), `4.16.1`
  N/A                                                                                                | `4.14.0`
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1bd7b6aed..4f5bf63fa 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ org.gradle.daemon=true
 
 selenium.version=4.26.0
 # Please increment the value in a release
-appiumClient.version=9.3.0
+appiumClient.version=9.4.0