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@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ data remotely, using [restic](https://github.com/restic/restic) backup client.
 Rest Server requires Go 1.7 or higher to build.  The only tested compiler is the official Go compiler.  Building server
 with gccgo may work, but is not supported.
 
-The minimum supported version of restic backup client is [v0.6.0](https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.6.0),
-due to some [changes](https://github.com/restic/restic/commit/1a538509d0232f1a532266e07da509875fe9e0d6) in the REST
-backend API.
+The required version of restic backup client to use with rest-server is
+[v0.6.1](https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.6.1) or higher, due to some
+[changes](https://github.com/restic/restic/commit/1a538509d0232f1a532266e07da509875fe9e0d6) in the REST backend API and
+performance [improvements](https://github.com/restic/restic/commit/04b262d8f10ba9eacde041734c08f806c4685e7f).
 
 ## Installation