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 ## Contributing
 
-We welcome contributions to things.py! Before submitting a pull request, please take a moment to look over the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/thingsapi/things.py/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) first.
+We welcome contributions to things.py! Before submitting a pull request, please take a moment to look over the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/thingsapi/things.py/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) first.
 
 ## Used By