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 ## Quickstart
 
-The project requires Java 7 or later. Snapshots are published to
+The project requires Spring Framework 4.1 and Java 7 or later. Snapshots are published to
 `https://repo.spring.io/snapshot`. Alternatively, it can be built locally using Gradle:
 
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