Remove the hardcoded poetry version from contributing guide (#17002)

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diff --git a/changelog.d/17002.doc b/changelog.d/17002.doc
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+Remove recommendation for a specific poetry version from contributing guide.
diff --git a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md

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--- a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md
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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Of their installation methods, we recommend
 
 ```shell
 pip install --user pipx
-pipx install poetry==1.5.1  # Problems with Poetry 1.6, see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16147
+pipx install poetry
 ```
 
 but see poetry's [installation instructions](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation)