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 ## Downloading Volatility
 
-The latest stable version of Volatility will always be the master branch of the GitHub repository. You can get the latest version of the code using the following command:
+The latest stable version of Volatility will always be the stable branch of the GitHub repository. You can get the latest version of the code using the following command:
 
 ```shell
 git clone https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility3.git