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@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ We try to tag all issues with a `pkg/` or `npm/` tag describing the appropriate
 
 You must have the following installed on your system to contribute locally:
 
-- [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/) (See the root [.node-version](.node-version) file for minimum version requirements. You can use [avn](https://github.com/wbyoung/avn) to automatically switch to the right version of Node.js for this repo.)
+- [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/) (See the root [.node-version](.node-version) file for the required version. You can find a list of tools on [node-version-usage](https://github.com/shadowspawn/node-version-usage) to switch the version of [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/) based on [.node-version](.node-version).)
 - [`yarn`](https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install)
 - [`python`](https://www.python.org/downloads/) (since we use `node-gyp`. See their [repo](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp) for Python version requirements.)