diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/development/
 Security issues
 ---------------
 
-To report a security issue, please follow the special `security reporting
-guidelines`_, do not report them in the public issue tracker.
+See `Security Policy`_ for informations about how to report security issues.
 
-.. _`security reporting guidelines`: https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/security/
+.. _`Security Policy`: https://github.com/pypa/packaging/security
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Security Policy
+=========================
+
+To report a security issue, please follow the special [security reporting
+guidelines](https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/security/), do not report them in the public issue tracker.