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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $ npm install inversify reflect-metadata --save
 
 The InversifyJS type definitions are included in the inversify npm package.
 
-> :warning: **Important!** InversifyJS requires TypeScript >= 2.0 and the `experimentalDecorators`, `emitDecoratorMetadata`, `types` and `lib`
+> :warning: **Important!** InversifyJS requires TypeScript >= 4.4 and the `experimentalDecorators`, `emitDecoratorMetadata`, `types` and `lib`
 compilation options in your `tsconfig.json` file.
 
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