diff --git a/R-package/README.md b/R-package/README.md
index 71f59ce753d7..f3151c972288 100644
--- a/R-package/README.md
+++ b/R-package/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To install this package on any operating system:
 3. Copy that link into `PKG_URL` in the code below and run it.
 
 ```r
-PKG_URL <- "https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/releases/download/v3.0.0rc1/lightgbm-3.0.0-1-r-cran.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL <- "https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/releases/download/v3.0.0/lightgbm-3.0.0-r-cran.tar.gz"
 
 remotes::install_url(PKG_URL)
 ```