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 For Scala 2:
 
-A binary is available on Maven Central as `com.softwaremill.magnolia1_2:magnolia_<scala-version>:1.1.7`. This may be added
+A binary is available on Maven Central as `com.softwaremill.magnolia1_2:magnolia_<scala-version>:1.1.8`. This may be added
 to an [sbt](https://www.scala-sbt.org/) build with:
 
 ```
-libraryDependencies += "com.softwaremill.magnolia1_2" %% "magnolia" % "1.1.7"
+libraryDependencies += "com.softwaremill.magnolia1_2" %% "magnolia" % "1.1.8"
 ```
 
 For Scala 3, see the [scala3 branch](https://github.com/softwaremill/magnolia/tree/scala3).