Hello Mark,
The Kendo UI CDN does not aim to provide the latest jQuery version, but one, which is most compatible with the given Kendo UI version. In the case of 2012.3.1114 (Q3 2012) this is jQuery 1.8.2. If you need another jQuery version, please use a different provider, e.g. a local copy or
Google Hosted Libraries.
On a side note, you can easily determine the jQuery version by openin the JS file and seeing the comment at the top of it. Another option is to run
$().jquery
in the browser's Javascript console.
Regards,
Dimo
the Telerik team
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