diff --git a/doc/contributing/releases.md b/doc/contributing/releases.md
index 9fd8d51fa07..71ae6dcb265 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/releases.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/releases.md
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ Git should stop to let you fix conflicts.
 Revert all changes that were made to `src/node_version.h`:
 
 ```bash
-git checkout --ours HEAD -- src/node_version.h
+git restore --source=upstream/main src/node_version.h
 ```
 
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