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 ![Alt logo](https://cdn.rawgit.com/noboomu/proteus/master/src/main/resources/io/sinistral/proteus/proteus-logo.svg)
 
 * An extremely lightweight, flexible, and fast [Swagger](http://swagger.io/) first REST API framework atop [Undertow](http://undertow.io). 
-* A great deal of inspiration came from working with the following excellent projects: [Play](http://playframework.com), [Jooby](http://jooby.org), and [light-4j](https://github.com/networknt/light-4j).
+* Inspired by: [Play](http://playframework.com), [Jooby](http://jooby.org), and [light-4j](https://github.com/networknt/light-4j).
+* Verifiably [fast AF](https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/previews/round15/#section=data-r15&hw=ph&test=db).
+* 20x faster than Java Play
+* 13x faster than Spring
 
 ## Motivation
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>io.sinistral</groupId>
 	<artifactId>proteus-core</artifactId>
-	<version>0.1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>proteus core</name>
     <description>Proteus is an extremely light, fast, and flexible Java REST API framework built atop Undertow.</description>
     <url>http://github.com/noboomu/proteus</url>