diff --git a/.github/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
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--- a/.github/issue_template.md
+++ b/.github/issue_template.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 **Please use the template below for bug reports or minor feature requests.** 
 
 **For relatively bigger/significant feature requests please refer to our guidelines about**
-**[feature contribution](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/blob/master/docs/specs/README.md)**
+**[feature contribution](https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb/blob/master/proposals/README.md)**
 **and remove the existing template.**
 
 * BigchainDB version: