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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A MySQL-Driver for Go's [database/sql](http://golang.org/pkg/database/sql) packa
 
 ![Go-MySQL-Driver logo](https://raw.github.com/wiki/go-sql-driver/mysql/go-mysql-driver_m.jpg "Golang Gopher transporting the MySQL Dolphin in a wheelbarrow")
 
-**Current tagged Release:** March 2, 2013 (stable beta 4)
+**Current tagged Release:** April 26, 2013 (stable beta 5)
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/go-sql-driver/mysql.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/go-sql-driver/mysql) *(master branch)*