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 ### Running locally
 
 You can run Livebook on your own machine. You will need
-[Elixir v1.12](https://elixir-lang.org/install.html) or later.
+[Elixir v1.13](https://elixir-lang.org/install.html) or later.
 Livebook also requires the following Erlang applications: `inets`,
 `os_mon`, `runtime_tools`, `ssl` and `xmerl`. Those applications come
 with most Erlang distributions but certain package managers may split