diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59ec38e..ef91cdb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This library is built using
 All data for the database record is decoded using this library. If you only
 need several fields, you may get superior performance by using maxminddb's
 `Lookup` directly with a result struct that only contains the required fields.
-(See [example_test.go](https://github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-golang/blob/master/example_test.go)
+(See [example_test.go](https://github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-golang/blob/main/example_test.go)
 in the maxminddb repository for an example of this.)
 
 ## Installation ##