diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index 8bc92105d..d1a13500f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 on:
   push:
-    branches: master
+    branches: main
 
 name: pkgdown
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 3058d037b..7dabe0282 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - main
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - main
 
 name: test-coverage
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2c4b8436f..01ef4ddfa 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 * Alignment detection respects stylerignore (#850).
 * Add vignette on distributing style guide (#846).
 * Enable pre-commit.ci (#843).
+* rename default branch to main (#859).
 * Fix argument name `filetype` in Example for `style_dir()` (#855).
 
 # styler 1.6.2
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 8c05c87f6..7f25cb253 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 <!-- badges: start -->
 [![R build status](https://github.com/r-lib/styler/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/r-lib/styler/actions)
 [![Life cycle: stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-stable-brightgreen.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
-[![codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler)
+[![codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler)
 [![CRAN Status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/styler)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=styler)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f05c722d1..4ad42762a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ status](https://github.com/r-lib/styler/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https:
 [![Life cycle:
 stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-stable-brightgreen.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
 [![codecov test
-coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler)
+coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/r-lib/styler)
 [![CRAN
 Status](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/styler)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=styler)
 <!-- badges: end -->
diff --git a/inst/hooks/require-news-update.R b/inst/hooks/require-news-update.R
index 5fc72578d..05d8c950c 100755
--- a/inst/hooks/require-news-update.R
+++ b/inst/hooks/require-news-update.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/local/bin/Rscript
 args <- system2(
   "git",
-  c("diff", "upstream/master", "--name-only"),
+  c("diff", "upstream/main", "--name-only"),
   stdout = TRUE
 )