diff --git a/.gitlab/aports-qa-bot.json b/.gitlab/aports-qa-bot.json
index 3ba62bff4c0986b3cce4550f19d9c9155603b946..4739f30fcadd09632d0df679da56182f8056eb58 100644
--- a/.gitlab/aports-qa-bot.json
+++ b/.gitlab/aports-qa-bot.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
     "NotStaleLabels": ["status:mr-hold"],
     "StaleDays": 30,
     "StaleLabel": "status:mr-stale",
-    "StaleMessage": "Sorry to bother you @%s,\n\nbut we've detected that this merge request hasn't seen any recent activity. If you need help or want to discuss your approach with developers you can ping `@%s`. You can also ask on IRC on `#alpine-devel` on Freenode.net. If no further activity occurs in this MR, Alpine developers may close it in the future.\n\nThanks for your contribution."
+    "StaleMessage": "Sorry to bother you @%s,\n\nbut we've detected that this merge request hasn't seen any recent activity. If you need help or want to discuss your approach with developers you can ping `@%s`. You can also ask on IRC on `#alpine-devel` on irc.oftc.net. If no further activity occurs in this MR, Alpine developers may close it in the future.\n\nThanks for your contribution."
 }