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 # repo-ng: Next generation NDN repository
 
 [![CI](https://github.com/named-data/repo-ng/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/named-data/repo-ng/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
-![Language](https://img.shields.io/badge/C%2B%2B-14-blue)
+![Language](https://img.shields.io/badge/C%2B%2B-17-blue)
 
 **repo-ng** is an implementation of a Named Data Networking (NDN) data repository,
 and follows the [Repo protocol](https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/repo-ng/wiki/Repo_Protocol_Specification).
 
 repo-ng uses [ndn-cxx](https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx) as the NDN development
-library, and [sqlite](https://www.sqlite.org/) as the underlying storage engine.
+library and [sqlite](https://www.sqlite.org/) as the underlying storage engine.
 
 ## Installation