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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Clone Calamares from GitHub. The default branch is called *calamares*.
 git clone https://github.com/calamares/calamares.git
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-Calamares is a KDE-Frameworks and Qt-based, C++14, CMake-built application.
+Calamares is a KDE-Frameworks and Qt-based, C++17, CMake-built application.
 The dependencies are explainged in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Contributing to Calamares