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 The `mcumgr` command line tool is available at:
 https://github.com/apache/mynewt-mcumgr-cli.  The command line tool requires [Go
-1.7 or later](https://golang.org/dl/).  Once Go is installed and set up on your
+1.12 or later](https://golang.org/dl/).  Once Go is installed and set up on your
 system, you can install the mcumgr CLI tool by issuing the following `go get`
 command: