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 This project will always provide security fixes for the latest two released
 versions. E.g. if the latest version is v0.28.x, then we will provide security
-fixes for both v0.28.x and v0.27.y, but no later versions.
+fixes for both v0.28.x and v0.27.y, but no earlier versions.
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability