diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 4261c0f24b..7ddd365255 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ In the instructions below, https://vimeo.com/34436402[`./gradlew`] is invoked fr
 a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build.
 
 === Prerequisites
-https://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect[Git] and the https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads[JDK17 build].
+https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/set-up-git[Git] and the https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java17[JDK17 build].
 
 Be sure that your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable points to the `jdk-17` folder extracted from the JDK download.
 
@@ -40,13 +40,15 @@ Be sure that your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable points to the `jdk-17` folder
 git clone git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-security.git
 ----
 
-=== Install all spring-\* jars into your local Maven cache
+=== Install all `spring-*.jar` into your local Maven repository.
+
 [indent=0]
 ----
 ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
 ----
 
-=== Compile and test; build all jars, distribution zips, and docs
+=== Compile and test; build all JARs, distribution zips, and docs
+
 [indent=0]
 ----
 ./gradlew build
@@ -59,18 +61,17 @@ You can build the reference docs for this branch by running the following comman
 ./gradlew :spring-security-docs:antora
 ----
 
-That command publishes the docs site to the _docs/build/site_ directory.
+That command publishes the docs site to the `_docs/build/site_` directory.
 The https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/tree/docs-build[playbook branch] describes how to build the reference docs in detail.
 
 Discover more commands with `./gradlew tasks`.
-See also the https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Gradle-build-and-release-FAQ[Gradle build and release FAQ].
 
 == Getting Support
 Check out the https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-security[Spring Security tags on Stack Overflow].
 https://spring.io/services[Commercial support] is available too.
 
 == Contributing
-https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request[Pull requests] are welcome; see the https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.adoc[contributor guidelines] for details.
+https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request[Pull requests] are welcome; see the https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.adoc[contributor guidelines] for details.
 
 == License
 Spring Security is Open Source software released under the