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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ You will need to make the following adjustments to your build:
 ### project/build.properties
 
 ```
-sbt.version=1.9.6
+sbt.version=1.9.7
 ```
 
 You must use sbt 1.5.5 or newer; older versions of sbt are not supported.