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 Read our [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) to learn about our development process, how to propose bugfixes and improvements, and how to build and test your changes to Jest.
 
-### [Good First Issues](https://github.com/facebook/jest/labels/%3Awave%3A%20Good%20First%20Issue)
+### [Good First Issues](https://github.com/facebook/jest/labels/good%20first%20issue)
 
-To help you get your feet wet and get you familiar with our contribution process, we have a list of [good first issues](https://github.com/facebook/jest/labels/%3Awave%3A%20Good%20First%20Issue) that contain bugs which have a relatively limited scope. This is a great place to get started.
+To help you get your feet wet and get you familiar with our contribution process, we have a list of [good first issues](https://github.com/facebook/jest/labels/good%20first%20issue) that contain bugs which have a relatively limited scope. This is a great place to get started.
 
 ## Credits