Bump BWC version from 2.8 to 2.9

[khushbr]

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#488

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Bump BWC version from 2.8 to 2.9

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• New functionality includes testing.
  • All tests pass
• New functionality has been documented.
  • New functionality has javadoc added
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Codecov Report

Merging #497 (97bb452) into main (7908ae3) will increase coverage by 0.07%.
The diff coverage is n/a.

❗ Current head 97bb452 differs from pull request most recent head ccd9e5b. Consider uploading reports for the commit ccd9e5b to get more accurate results

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  Lines          2693     2693              
  Branches        172      172              
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+ Hits           1989     1991       +2     
+ Misses          596      594       -2     
  Partials        108      108              

see 1 file with indirect coverage changes