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 | -------   | ------- | ------------------- |
 | Stable    | Alpha   | Not Yet Implemented |
 
-The current release can be found [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases)
+{{% latest_release "python" /%}}
 
 ## Further Reading