diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/debugger/creator-only/creator-debugger.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/debugger/creator-only/creator-debugger.qdoc
index 2cc62044585..6fc4a634167 100644
--- a/doc/qtcreator/src/debugger/creator-only/creator-debugger.qdoc
+++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/debugger/creator-only/creator-debugger.qdoc
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@
             contents of the pane to debugger-related questions to the \QC
             mailing list (qt-creator@qt-project.org) or paste them to a
             \l{Pasting and Fetching Code Snippets}{code pasting service} before
-            asking questions in the IRC (on the #qt-creator channel at FreeNode).
+            asking questions in the IRC (on the #qt-creator channel at Libera.Chat).
 
     \endlist
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
index 9f7b9274e70..7ad86b3c519 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ void MainWindow::contact()
     QMessageBox dlg(QMessageBox::Information, tr("Contact"),
            tr("<p>Qt Creator developers can be reached at the Qt Creator mailing list:</p>"
               "%1"
-              "<p>or the #qt-creator channel on FreeNode IRC:</p>"
+              "<p>or the #qt-creator channel on Libera.Chat IRC:</p>"
               "%2"
               "<p>Our bug tracker is located at %3.</p>"
               "<p>Please use %4 for bigger chunks of text.</p>")
@@ -1259,8 +1259,8 @@ void MainWindow::contact()
                             "mailto:qt-creator@qt-project.org"
                          "</a></p>")
                     .arg("<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"
-                            "<a href=\"https://irc.freenode.org\">"
-                            "irc://freenode.org/qt-creator"
+                            "<a href=\"https://web.libera.chat/#qt-creator\">"
+                            "https://web.libera.chat/#qt-creator"
                          "</a></p>")
                     .arg("<a href=\"https://bugreports.qt.io/projects/QTCREATORBUG\">"
                             "https://bugreports.qt.io"