diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ Contributing to Chipyard
 
 1) github:com/ucb-bar/chipyard: master = stable release. All merges to master must go through PR.
 2) github:com/ucb-bar/dev: dev = pre-release non-stable branch with latest features. All merges to dev must go through PR.
-3) Other dependancies pointed at by Chipyard (e.g. firesim, boom): master should be the version submoduled in ucb-bar/chipyard master.
+3) Other dependencies pointed at by Chipyard (e.g. firesim, boom): master should be the version submoduled in ucb-bar/chipyard master.