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 ## Releases
 
-`runc` depends on and tracks the [specs](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec) repository.
+`runc` depends on and tracks the [runtime-spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec) repository.
 We will try to make sure that `runc` and the OCI specification major versions stay in lockstep.
 This means that `runc` 1.0.0 should implement the 1.0 version of the specification.