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 #### Contributing
 
-If you want to contribute to Flowbite React, you can follow the [contributing guide](/docs/getting-started/contributing).
+If you want to contribute to Flowbite React, you can follow the [contributing guide](https://github.com/themesberg/flowbite-react/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Components