diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
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+# Development
+
+## Testing
+
+GitHub Actions can be executed locally using the [`act`] tool.
+
+All tests can be executed using:
+
+    act
+
+Individual tests can be executed using `-j` and `--matrix` parameters, e.g.:
+
+    act -j bazel
+    act -j stable
+    act -j nightly
+    act -j examples --matrix example:http_auth_random
+
+## Updating Bazel dependencies
+
+When adding and/or updating Cargo dependencies, the existing Bazel `BUILD` files
+must be regenerated to match the updated `Cargo.toml`:
+
+```sh
+bazelisk run //bazel/cargo:crates_vendor -- --repin all
+```
+
+
+[`act`]: https://github.com/nektos/act
+[`bazelisk`]: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,30 +28,6 @@
 - [Extending Envoy with WASM and Rust](https://antweiss.com/blog/extending-envoy-with-wasm-and-rust/)
 - [Writing Envoy filters in Rust with WebAssembly](https://content.red-badger.com/resources/extending-istio-with-rust-and-webassembly)
 
-## Development
+## Contributing changes
 
-### Testing
-
-GitHub Actions can be executed locally using the [`act`] tool.
-
-All tests can be executed using:
-
-    act
-
-Individual tests can be executed using `-j` and `--matrix` parameters, e.g.:
-
-    act -j bazel
-    act -j stable
-    act -j nightly
-    act -j examples --matrix example:http_auth_random
-
-### Updating Bazel dependencies
-
-When updating dependencies, you need to regenerate Bazel `BUILD` files to match updated `Cargo.toml`:
-
-```sh
-bazel run //bazel/cargo:crates_vendor -- --repin all
-```
-
-
-[`act`]: https://github.com/nektos/act
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) and [DEVELOPMENT.md](./DEVELOPMENT.md) files.