diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 3eccbdb41..e0aafe1b1 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Finding the Team
 You can find the Plasma team on:
 
     * our development mailing list at plasma-devel@kde.org
-    * our irc channel in #plasma on irc.freenode.net
+    * our irc channel in #plasma on irc.libera.chat
 
 Coding Style
 ============