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 ### Prerequisites
 
-`runc` version 1.0.0.rc1 or greater is expected to be installed on the system. It is picked up as the default runtime by crio.
+Latest verion of `runc` is expected to be installed on the system. It is picked up as the default runtime by crio.
 
 ### Build Dependencies