diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 11f88e1..21db174 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Thank you for sharing your work and for opening a PR.
 
 (!) IMPORTANT (!):
-First make sure that you point your PR to the `devel` branch!
+First make sure that you point your PR to the `dev` branch!
 
 Now please read the comments carefully and try to provide information
 on all relevant titles.