diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Metajava is a collection of utilities that make writing annotation processors and code generation easier.
 
-You can use metajava in your project by adding the following lines to you `build.gradle` file.
+You can use metajava in your project by adding the following lines to you `build.gradle` file, replacing `$metajava_version` with the latest version number.
 
 ```
 repositories {
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile 'com.workday:metajava:1.0'
+    compile "com.workday:metajava:$metajava_version"
 }
 ```
+
+## Status
+
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