diff --git a/README b/README
index e43b38f..04880a8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Releases are roughly coordinated.
 The revision controlled version is at https://github.com/leahneukirchen/cwm
 Releases can be found at http://leahneukirchen.org/releases
 
-You are welcome to join the IRC channel ##cwm on Freenode to talk about cwm.
+You are welcome to join the IRC channel ##cwm on irc.libera.chat
+to talk about cwm.
 
 
 ChangeLog: