diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # How to contribute
 
 Note: contributing implies licensing those contributions
-under the terms of [COPYING](./COPYING), which is an MIT-like license.
+under the terms of [COPYING](../COPYING), which is an MIT-like license.
 
 ## Opening issues