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 ### Install required packages
 
-To get started running Storj locally, download and install the latest release of Go (at least Go 1.11) at [golang.org](https://golang.org).
+To get started running Storj locally, download and install the latest release of Go (at least Go 1.12) at [golang.org](https://golang.org).
 
 You will also need [Git](https://git-scm.com/). (`brew install git`, `apt-get install git`, etc).
 If you're building on Windows, you also need to install and have [gcc](https://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html) setup correctly.