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@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ of RPC APIs.
 If you run into an issue while using parity, feel free to file one in this repository
 or hop on our [gitter chat room][gitter-url] to ask a question. We are glad to help!
 
-Parity's current release is 1.3. You can download it at https://ethcore.io/parity.html or follow the instructions
+Parity's current release is 1.4. You can download it at https://ethcore.io/parity.html or follow the instructions
 below to build from source.
 
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