diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6cddc61..6b06718 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@2gis/mapgl-ruler",
-  "version": "2.0.8",
+  "version": "2.0.9",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f40bcc1..feb386e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@2gis/mapgl-ruler",
-  "version": "2.0.8",
+  "version": "2.0.9",
   "description": "",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
   "main": "dist/ruler.js",
diff --git a/src/style.ts b/src/style.ts
index f82820d..04d2e14 100644
--- a/src/style.ts
+++ b/src/style.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-const maxPhase = 2147483647; // max zIndex in CSS (2 ** 31 - 1).
+// The z-index value for this element is set to 10. This number is chosen to be lower than the z-index
+// of controls and plugins in MapGL, which is 50. This approach allows us to manage the layering of elements
+// without resorting to negative z-index values.
+
+const maxPhase = 10;
 
 /**
  * @hidden