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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ optional features, so your `Cargo.toml` could look like this:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 ```