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 Sage is a WordPress starter theme with a modern development workflow.
 
-**Sage 9 is in active development and is only currently in alpha. The `master` branch tracks Sage 9 development. If you want a stable version, use the [latest Sage 8 release](https://github.com/roots/sage/releases/latest).**
+**Sage 9 is in active development and is currently in beta. The `master` branch tracks Sage 9 development. If you want a stable version, use the [latest Sage 8 release](https://github.com/roots/sage/releases/latest).**
 
 ## Features