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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Slim is a PHP micro-framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful w
 It's recommended that you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to install Slim.
 
 ```bash
-$ composer require slim/slim:4.0.0
+$ composer require slim/slim:^4.0
 ```
 
 This will install Slim and all required dependencies. Slim requires PHP 7.1 or newer.