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 ## Local Development
 
-- [Operator-sdk v1.2.0](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/tag/v1.2.0) is required for local development.
+- [Operator-sdk v1.7.2](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/tag/v1.7.2) is required for local development.
 
 1. Create `jira-service-desk-config` secret
 2. Run `make run ENABLE_WEBHOOKS=false WATCH_NAMESPACE=default OPERATOR_NAMESPACE=default` where `WATCH_NAMESPACE` denotes the namespaces that the operator is supposed to watch and `OPERATOR_NAMESPACE` is the namespace in which it's supposed to be deployed.