diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/preface.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/preface.xml
index 0f7db6ef1a82..ded6bdc87deb 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/preface.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/preface.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
   <literal
    xlink:href="https://discourse.nixos.org">Discourse</literal> or
   on the <link
-   xlink:href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#nixos">
-  <literal>#nixos</literal> channel on Freenode</link>, or
+   xlink:href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#nixos">
+  <literal>#nixos</literal> channel on Libera.Chat</link>, or
   consider
   <link
    xlink:href="#chap-contributing">