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 #### Prerequisites
 
--   You need Go 1.7 or higher installed on your machine.
+-   You need Go 1.9 or higher installed on your machine.
 -   Requires a [running Jaeger backend](#all-in-one-docker-image) to view the traces.
 
 ## Client Libraries
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 ## Technical Specs
 
-  * Backend components implemented in Go
+  * Backend components implemented in Go 1.9
   * React/Javascript UI
   * [Cassandra 3.x](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/tree/master/plugin/storage/cassandra), [ElasticSearch](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/tree/master/plugin/storage/es) as persistent storage (more storage backends coming soon)