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 ### Compatibility
 
-The driver currently supports 4.0+ servers.
+The driver currently supports 4.2+ servers.
 
-** 4.0 support is deprecated and support will be removed in an upcoming driver release. **
+** 4.2 support is deprecated and support will be removed in an upcoming driver release. **
 
 For exhaustive server and runtime version compatibility matrices, please refer to the following links: