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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Apache StormCrawler (Incubating) is an open source collection of resources for b
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-NOTE: These instructions assume that you have [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/install.html) installed. You will need to install [Apache Storm 3.1.1](http://storm.apache.org/) to run the crawler.
+NOTE: These instructions assume that you have [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/install.html) installed. You will need to install [Apache Storm 2.6.4](http://storm.apache.org/) to run the crawler.
 
 StormCrawler requires Java 11 or above. To execute tests, it requires you to have a locally installed and working Docker environment.
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DigitalPebble's [Ansible-Storm](https://github.com/DigitalPebble/ansible-storm)
 Once Storm is installed, the easiest way to get started is to generate a new StormCrawler project following the instructions below: 
 
 ```shell
-mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=stormcrawler-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.0
+mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=stormcrawler-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=3.1.0
 ```
 
 You'll be asked to enter a groupId (e.g. com.mycompany.crawler), an artefactId (e.g. stormcrawler), a version, a package name and details about the user agent to use.