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 The easiest way to get etcd is to use one of the pre-built release binaries which are available for OSX, Linux, Windows, AppC (ACI), and Docker. Instructions for using these binaries are on the [GitHub releases page][github-release].
 
 For those wanting to try the very latest version, you can build the latest version of etcd from the `master` branch.
-You will first need [*Go*](https://golang.org/) installed on your machine (version 1.4+ is required).
+You will first need [*Go*](https://golang.org/) installed on your machine (version 1.5+ is required).
 All development occurs on `master`, including new features and bug fixes.
 Bug fixes are first targeted at `master` and subsequently ported to release branches, as described in the [branch management][branch-management] guide.