diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a4720b1a0..4294a73a7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ For more information, please refer to the OpenStack-Helm repository_.
 Communication
 -------------
 
-* Join us on `IRC <irc://chat.freenode.net:6697/openstack-helm>`_:
-  #openstack-helm on freenode
+* Join us on `IRC <irc://chat.oftc.net/openstack-helm>`_:
+  #openstack-helm on oftc
 * Community `IRC Meetings
   <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/#OpenStack-Helm_Team_Meeting>`_:
-  [Every Tuesday @ 3PM UTC], #openstack-meeting-alt on freenode
+  [Every Tuesday @ 3PM UTC], #openstack-meeting-alt on oftc
 * Meeting Agenda Items: `Agenda
   <https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/openstack-helm-meeting-agenda>`_
 * Join us on `Slack <https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/C3WERB7DE/>`_
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst b/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
index 4bb7a914a..53c2b1a3c 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/contributing.rst
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Communication
 .. This would be a good place to put the channel you chat in as a project; when/
    where your meeting is, the tags you prepend to your ML threads, etc.
 
-* Join us on `IRC <irc://chat.freenode.net:6697/openstack-helm>`_:
-  #openstack-helm on freenode
+* Join us on `IRC <irc://chat.oftc.net/openstack-helm>`_:
+  #openstack-helm on oftc
 * Community `IRC Meetings
   <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/#OpenStack-Helm_Team_Meeting>`_:
-  [Every Tuesday @ 3PM UTC], #openstack-meeting-alt on freenode
+  [Every Tuesday @ 3PM UTC], #openstack-meeting-alt on oftc
 * Meeting Agenda Items: `Agenda
   <https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/openstack-helm-meeting-agenda>`_
 * Join us on `Slack <https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/C3WERB7DE/>`_