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 **As of January 2023, the `develop` branch is officially in "Pre 4.3" mode. We envision several API-breaking changes as we switch to C++17 and away from boost.**
 
-In addition, features deprecated in 4.2 will be removed. Please use the last [4.2a8 release](https://github.com/borglab/gtsam/releases/tag/4.2a8) if you need those features. However, most are easily converted and can be tracked down (in 4.2) by disabling the cmake flag `GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V42`.
+In addition, features deprecated in 4.2 will be removed. Please use the stable [4.2 release](https://github.com/borglab/gtsam/releases/tag/4.2) if you need those features. However, most are easily converted and can be tracked down (in 4.2) by disabling the cmake flag `GTSAM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_SINCE_V42`.
 
 ## What is GTSAM?