diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
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-High performance routing engine written in C++14 designed to run on OpenStreetMap data.
+High performance routing engine written in C++ designed to run on OpenStreetMap data.
 
 The following services are available via HTTP API, C++ library interface and NodeJs wrapper:
 - Nearest - Snaps coordinates to the street network and returns the nearest matches
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@project-osrm/osrm",
   "version": "5.28.0-unreleased",
   "private": false,
-  "description": "The Open Source Routing Machine is a high performance routing engine written in C++14 designed to run on OpenStreetMap data.",
+  "description": "The Open Source Routing Machine is a high performance routing engine written in C++ designed to run on OpenStreetMap data.",
   "dependencies": {
     "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.10"
   },