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 ## Contributing
 
-Before contributing to Keycloak, please read our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+Before contributing to Keycloak, please read our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md). Participation in the Keycloak project is governed by the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md).
 
 
 ## Other Keycloak Projects