diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f993586..a7ecc94 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 language: python
 
 python:
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ script:
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels:
-      - "chat.freenode.net#aboutcode"
+      - "libera.chat #aboutcode"
   on_sucess: change
   on_failure: always
   use_notice: true
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 274e185..866f377 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 ============
 Contributing
 ============
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ For other questions, discussions, and chats, we have:
   Gitter also has an IRC bridge at https://irc.gitter.im/
   This is the main place where we chat and meet.
 
-- an official #aboutcode IRC channel on freenode (server chat.freenode.net)
+- an official #aboutcode IRC channel on Libera.chat (server libera.chat)
   for TraceCode and other related tools. You can use your
-  favorite IRC client or use the web chat at https://webchat.freenode.net/ .
+  favorite IRC client or use the web chat at https://web.libera.chat/ .
   This is a busy place with a lot of CI and commit notifications that makes
   actual chat sometimes difficult!
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e8f298a..2db5ba7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-=========
+server chat.freenode.net)=========
 TraceCode
 =========
 
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ For other questions, discussions, and chats, we have:
 - an official Gitter channel at https://gitter.im/aboutcode-org/discuss
   Gitter also has an IRC bridge at https://irc.gitter.im/
 
-- an official #aboutcode IRC channel on freenode (server chat.freenode.net)
+- an official #aboutcode IRC channel on Libera (server libera.chat)
   for TraceCode and other related tools. Note that this receives
   notifications from repos so it can be a tad noisy. You can use your
   favorite IRC client or use the web chat at
-  https://webchat.freenode.net/
+  https://web.libera.chat/
 
 
 Source code