composer create-project not installing Laravel 5.3
<p>I have been trying to no avail to install Laravel 5.3 but keep getting 5.2 installed. Here's what i have done.</p>

<pre><code>composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel53
</code></pre>

<p>This should pull in the latest version of laravel which is 5.3 right? Well, i thought so but i keep getting 5.2 installed</p>

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<p>Then i felt it may be a problem with composer so i ran composer self-update</p>

<pre><code>composer self-update
</code></pre>

<p>And still get 5.2 installed when i run create-project</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure i am getting something wrong because i ran this same command on a friend's laptop and 5.3 got installed</p>

<p>I am using a mac book pro BTW</p>

<p>Any ideas why this is so and how it can be solved?</p>

<p>Much thanks</p>