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 === Supported Java Versions
 
-At present JBake supports Java 7 and above and any contributions shouldn't use Java 8+ syntax, please see
-the {uri-issues}[roadmap] for when support for Java 8 is planned.
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+At present JBake supports Java 8 and above so any contributions shouldn't use Java 9+ syntax, please see
+the {uri-issues}[roadmap] for when support for later Java versions is planned.