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 The following are required to work on devfile library:
 
 - Git
-- Go 1.18 or later
+- Go 1.19 or later
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 Before contributing to this repository, see [contributor code of conduct](https://github.com/devfile/api/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md#contributor-covenant-code-of-conduct)
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 <div id="header">
 
+![Go](https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-1.19-blue)
 [![Apache2.0 License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache2.0-brightgreen.svg)](LICENSE)
 [![OpenSSF Best Practices](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/8231/badge)](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/8231)
 [![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/devfile/library/badge)](https://securityscorecards.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/devfile/library)