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@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The `testutils` are automatically enabled inside [Rust unit tests] inside the sa
 
 ### Configure the `release` Profile
 
-Configuring the `release` profile to optimize the contract build is critical. Soroban contracts have a maximum size of 256KB. Rust programs, even small ones, without these configurations almost always exceed this size.
+Configuring the `release` profile to optimize the contract build is critical. Soroban contracts have a maximum size of 64KB. Rust programs, even small ones, without these configurations almost always exceed this size.
 
 Add the following to your `Cargo.toml` and use the `release` profile when building.