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 The *EMQ X* broker requires Erlang/OTP R21+ to build since 3.0 release.
 
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/emqx/emqx-rel.git
+git clone -b v4.0.0 https://github.com/emqx/emqx-rel.git
 
 cd emqx-rel && make