diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 56632fda4c67eb..f99a8abb394d14 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!--
 Before submitting a pull request, please read
-https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md.
+https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md.
 
 Commit message formatting guidelines:
-https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md#commit-message-guidelines
+https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md#commit-message-guidelines
 
 For code changes:
 1. Include tests for any bug fixes or new features.
diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 21bb35fa922daf..9a46ebecb406b2 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ $ make
 
 ## `Intl` (ECMA-402) support
 
-[Intl](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/api/intl.md) support is
+[Intl](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/api/intl.md) support is
 enabled by default.
 
 ### Build with full ICU support (all locales supported by ICU)
@@ -805,4 +805,4 @@ When Node.js is built (with an intention to distribute) with an ABI
 incompatible with the official Node.js builds (e.g. using a ABI incompatible
 version of a dependency), please reserve and use a custom `NODE_MODULE_VERSION`
 by opening a pull request against the registry available at
-<https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/abi_version_registry.json>.
+<https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/abi_version_registry.json>.
diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md
index 6ff4d1f5a28ecd..b4d00c761f0d7a 100644
--- a/GOVERNANCE.md
+++ b/GOVERNANCE.md
@@ -173,5 +173,5 @@ The TSC follows a [Consensus Seeking][] decision-making model per the
 
 [Collaborators discussion page]: https://github.com/orgs/nodejs/teams/collaborators/discussions
 [Consensus Seeking]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus-seeking_decision-making
-[TSC Charter]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/master/TSC-Charter.md
+[TSC Charter]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/HEAD/TSC-Charter.md
 [nodejs/node]: https://github.com/nodejs/node
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c47da1df885f14..11e932a71281f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -681,13 +681,13 @@ Other keys used to sign some previous releases:
 Node.js is available under the
 [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Node.js also includes
 external libraries that are available under a variety of licenses.  See
-[LICENSE](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/LICENSE) for the full
+[LICENSE](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/LICENSE) for the full
 license text.
 
-[Code of Conduct]: https://github.com/nodejs/admin/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+[Code of Conduct]: https://github.com/nodejs/admin/blob/HEAD/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
 [Contributing to the project]: CONTRIBUTING.md
 [Node.js Website]: https://nodejs.org/
 [OpenJS Foundation]: https://openjsf.org/
-[Strategic Initiatives]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/master/Strategic-Initiatives.md
+[Strategic Initiatives]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/HEAD/Strategic-Initiatives.md
 [Technical values and prioritization]: doc/guides/technical-values.md
-[Working Groups]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/master/WORKING_GROUPS.md
+[Working Groups]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/HEAD/WORKING_GROUPS.md
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index e121072ffe4381..859b88e8a175a9 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ maintainers and should also be coordinated through the Node.js Ecosystem
 Security Team via [HackerOne](https://hackerone.com/nodejs-ecosystem).
 
 Details regarding this process can be found in the
-[Security Working Group repository](https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/processes/third_party_vuln_process.md).
+[Security Working Group repository](https://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/HEAD/processes/third_party_vuln_process.md).
 
 Thank you for improving the security of Node.js and its ecosystem. Your efforts
 and responsible disclosure are greatly appreciated and will be acknowledged.
diff --git a/benchmark/_http-benchmarkers.js b/benchmark/_http-benchmarkers.js
index f25bcd319882f6..e5ba6188f1cc81 100644
--- a/benchmark/_http-benchmarkers.js
+++ b/benchmark/_http-benchmarkers.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
 const requirementsURL =
-  'https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/benchmark/writing-and-running-benchmarks.md#http-benchmark-requirements';
+  'https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/benchmark/writing-and-running-benchmarks.md#http-benchmark-requirements';
 
 // The port used by servers and wrk
 exports.PORT = Number(process.env.PORT) || 12346;
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index a9a3ccfab77397..1961ac4ffafbba 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ Node.js is available under the MIT license.
 .Pp
 Node.js also includes external libraries that are available under a variety of licenses.
 See
-.Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/LICENSE
+.Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
 for the full license text.
 .
 .\"======================================================================
@@ -701,4 +701,4 @@ IRC (Node.js core development):
 .\"======================================================================
 .Sh AUTHORS
 Written and maintained by 1000+ contributors:
-.Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/AUTHORS
+.Sy https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/AUTHORS
diff --git a/glossary.md b/glossary.md
index eb44536e6eca79..ccc1e495dfffe6 100644
--- a/glossary.md
+++ b/glossary.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-You may also need to check <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/glossary.md>.
+You may also need to check <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/HEAD/glossary.md>.
 
 * LGTM: "Looks good to me", commonly used to approve a code review.
 * PTAL: Please take a look.
diff --git a/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js b/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
index a1cdd64d06cbaa..1e305cf6777b71 100644
--- a/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
+++ b/lib/internal/freeze_intrinsics.js
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 // Based upon:
-// https://github.com/google/caja/blob/master/src/com/google/caja/ses/startSES.js
-// https://github.com/google/caja/blob/master/src/com/google/caja/ses/repairES5.js
+// https://github.com/google/caja/blob/HEAD/src/com/google/caja/ses/startSES.js
+// https://github.com/google/caja/blob/HEAD/src/com/google/caja/ses/repairES5.js
 // https://github.com/tc39/proposal-ses/blob/e5271cc42a257a05dcae2fd94713ed2f46c08620/shim/src/freeze.js
 
 /* global WebAssembly, SharedArrayBuffer, console */
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index c929fb9b2a9604..961e21b7aa6db4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const meta = [
 ];
 
 // Regex used for ansi escape code splitting
-// Adopted from https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex/blob/master/index.js
+// Adopted from https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex/blob/HEAD/index.js
 // License: MIT, authors: @sindresorhus, Qix-, arjunmehta and LitoMore
 // Matches all ansi escape code sequences in a string
 const ansiPattern = '[\\u001B\\u009B][[\\]()#;?]*' +
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/iterable_weak_map.js b/lib/internal/util/iterable_weak_map.js
index f82d41b1f962ba..464ba74281127b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/iterable_weak_map.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/iterable_weak_map.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const SafeWeakRef = makeSafe(
 // This class is modified from the example code in the WeakRefs specification:
 // https://github.com/tc39/proposal-weakrefs
 // Licensed under ECMA's MIT-style license, see:
-// https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+// https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.md
 class IterableWeakMap {
   #weakMap = new SafeWeakMap();
   #refSet = new SafeSet();
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 8d7fa3dec61e7a..7aa0577a596bd3 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
  * if it can be made ABI compatible with the previous version.
  *
  * The registry of used NODE_MODULE_VERSION numbers is located at
- *   https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/abi_version_registry.json
+ *   https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/abi_version_registry.json
  * Extenders, embedders and other consumers of Node.js that require ABI
  * version matching should open a pull request to reserve a number in this
  * registry.
diff --git a/test/cctest/gtest/gtest-all.cc b/test/cctest/gtest/gtest-all.cc
index 69925f4f68d392..a73baecaa67883 100644
--- a/test/cctest/gtest/gtest-all.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/gtest/gtest-all.cc
@@ -6901,7 +6901,7 @@ bool ShouldRunTestOnShard(int total_shards, int shard_index, int test_id) {
 // each TestSuite and TestInfo object.
 // If shard_tests == true, further filters tests based on sharding
 // variables in the environment - see
-// https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/advanced.md
+// https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/HEAD/googletest/docs/advanced.md
 // . Returns the number of tests that should run.
 int UnitTestImpl::FilterTests(ReactionToSharding shard_tests) {
   const Int32 total_shards = shard_tests == HONOR_SHARDING_PROTOCOL ?
@@ -7831,7 +7831,7 @@ static std::string DeathTestThreadWarning(size_t thread_count) {
     msg << "detected " << thread_count << " threads.";
   }
   msg << " See "
-         "https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/"
+         "https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/HEAD/googletest/docs/"
          "advanced.md#death-tests-and-threads"
       << " for more explanation and suggested solutions, especially if"
       << " this is the last message you see before your test times out.";
diff --git a/test/common/wpt.js b/test/common/wpt.js
index 6e353e9ea66b89..2c447a872b733b 100644
--- a/test/common/wpt.js
+++ b/test/common/wpt.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { inspect } = require('util');
 const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
 
-// https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/resources/testharness.js
+// https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/HEAD/resources/testharness.js
 // TODO: get rid of this half-baked harness in favor of the one
 // pulled from WPT
 const harnessMock = {
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter b/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
index dd6dd25ba03a2f..eb0b2d72e98381 100644
--- a/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
+++ b/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Boxstarter (http://boxstarter.org/) script for Node.js prerequisites
 #
 # To install either open this link in IE or Edge:
-#  http://boxstarter.org/package/nr/url?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/master/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
+#  http://boxstarter.org/package/nr/url?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/HEAD/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
 #
 # Or run those commands in an elevated Powershell terminal:
 #  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('http://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1'))
 #  get-boxstarter -Force
-#  Install-BoxstarterPackage https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/master/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter -DisableReboots
+#  Install-BoxstarterPackage https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/HEAD/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter -DisableReboots
 #
 # For more detail see
-# https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/tools/bootstrap/README.md
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/tools/bootstrap/README.md
 #
 
 # Git and Unix tools will be added to the PATH
diff --git a/tools/doc/versions.js b/tools/doc/versions.js
index 52f5648ecae92f..6f16b4d1d74ddf 100644
--- a/tools/doc/versions.js
+++ b/tools/doc/versions.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async function versions() {
   // The CHANGELOG.md on release branches may not reference newer semver
   // majors of Node.js so fetch and parse the version from the master branch.
   const url =
-    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/master/CHANGELOG.md';
+    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md';
   let changelog;
   const file = path.join(srcRoot, 'CHANGELOG.md');
   if (kNoInternet) {
diff --git a/tools/inspector_protocol/lib/encoding_cpp.template b/tools/inspector_protocol/lib/encoding_cpp.template
index 6776471b6637c5..2fc7dd623fdcc3 100644
--- a/tools/inspector_protocol/lib/encoding_cpp.template
+++ b/tools/inspector_protocol/lib/encoding_cpp.template
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ span<uint8_t> CBORTokenizer::GetEnvelopeContents() const {
 //   and then checking whether the sum went past it.
 //
 // See also
-// https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/security/integer-semantics.md
+// https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/security/integer-semantics.md
 static const uint64_t kMaxValidLength =
     std::min<uint64_t>(std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max() >> 2,
                        std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max());
diff --git a/tools/license-builder.sh b/tools/license-builder.sh
index d1d173943c1283..e1790aca4978a8 100755
--- a/tools/license-builder.sh
+++ b/tools/license-builder.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ addlicense "llhttp" "deps/llhttp" "$(cat deps/llhttp/LICENSE-MIT)"
 addlicense "OpenSSL" "deps/openssl" \
            "$(sed -e '/^ \*\/$/,$d' -e '/^ [^*].*$/d' -e '/\/\*.*$/d' -e '/^$/d' -e 's/^[/ ]\* *//' "${rootdir}"/deps/openssl/openssl/LICENSE)"
 addlicense "Punycode.js" "lib/punycode.js" \
-           "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bestiejs/punycode.js/master/LICENSE-MIT.txt)"
+           "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bestiejs/punycode.js/HEAD/LICENSE-MIT.txt)"
 addlicense "V8" "deps/v8" "$(cat "${rootdir}"/deps/v8/LICENSE)"
 addlicense "SipHash" "deps/v8/src/third_party/siphash" \
            "$(sed -e '/You should have received a copy of the CC0/,$d' -e 's/^\/\* *//' -e 's/^ \* *//' deps/v8/src/third_party/siphash/halfsiphash.cc)"
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index 6b618084e33bcf..dcb4093355925b 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ goto msbuild-found
 :msbuild-not-found
 echo Failed to find a suitable Visual Studio installation.
 echo Try to run in a "Developer Command Prompt" or consult
-echo https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md#windows
+echo https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/BUILDING.md#windows
 goto exit
 
 :msbuild-found