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Let f: ℝⁿ → ℝ be a polynomial function of degree d with f(0) = 0 and ∇f(0) = 0. Łojasiewicz's gradient inequality states that there exist C > 0 and ϱ ∈ (0,1) such that $|∇f| ≥ C|f|^{ϱ}$ in a neighbourhood of the origin. We prove that the smallest such exponent ϱ is not greater than $1 - R(n,d)^{-1}$ with $R(n,d) = d(3d-3)^{n-1}$.