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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ and then editing the results to include your name, email, and various configurat
 
 First, get Cookiecutter. Trust me, it's awesome:
 
-    $ pip install "cookiecutter>=1.7.0"
+    $ pip install "cookiecutter>=2.2.3"
 
 Now run it against this repo: