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 If you are looking for support, please check out the [different support channels](https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki/Support-options-for-openHAB) that we provide.
 
-As any good open source project, openHAB welcomes any participation in the project. Read more in the [how to contribute](https://github.com/openhab/openhab2/CONTRIBUTING.md) guide.
+As any good open source project, openHAB welcomes any participation in the project. Read more in the [how to contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md) guide.
 
 If you are a developer and want to jump right into the sources and execute openHAB from within Eclipse, please have a look at the [IDE setup](https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki/IDE-Setup) procedures.