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 <p align=center>
-  <a href="https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-048-released">
-    <img alt="ReactOS 0.4.8 Release" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.4.8-0688CB.svg">
+  <a href="https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-049-released">
+    <img alt="ReactOS 0.4.9 Release" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-0.4.9-0688CB.svg">
   </a>
   <a href="https://reactos.org/download">
     <img alt="Download ReactOS" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/download-latest-0688CB.svg">