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    release-notes
    releases
 
-**ndn-cxx** is a C++14 library implementing Named Data Networking (NDN) primitives
+**ndn-cxx** is a C++17 library implementing Named Data Networking (NDN) primitives
 that can be used to write various NDN applications. The library is currently being
 used by the following projects: