diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 233a933350..029ae946c6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Thank you for the interest in contributing to Namada!
 
-All contributors are expected to follow the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+All contributors are expected to adhere to the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 
 Any contributions such as issue reports, pull requests  for code or documentation, or feature requests are welcome. Please note that the code should be kept up-to-date with the documentation.