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 == Code of Conduct
 
-This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant link:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc[code of conduct].
+This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot?tab=coc-ov-file#contributor-code-of-conduct[code of conduct].
 By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to code-of-conduct@spring.io.