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 ## Getting Started
 
-Warchaeology is written in [go](https://go.dev) and at least v1.16 should be installed.
+Warchaeology is written in [go](https://go.dev) and requires v1.21 or greater to build.
 
 #### Clone the repository
 ``` sh