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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ a Docker daemon, simply do:
 
 ```python
 c = docker.Client(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock',
-                  version='1.9',
+                  version='1.12',
                   timeout=10)
 ```