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 ### 9. Submit a pull request
 
 Go to your forked repository on GitHub and click the "Pull requests" tab.  
-Change the base branch from `main` to `developement`, select the branch that contains your changes from the compare branch, then click "Create pull request".  
+Change the base branch from `main` to `development`, select the branch that contains your changes from the compare branch, then click "Create pull request".  
 This will open a new pull request in the fmtm repository, where you can describe your changes and request that they be merged into the main codebase.
 
 That's it! You've now contributed to the Field Mapping Tasking Manager.