diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f57fa1234002f8e6f2f1ac90e55314c579c27422..63ad67fedc807d5730757d2198e114380e0728b2 100644
--- a/README.rst
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@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
 .. OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-v1.8.0-yellow.svg
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-yellow.svg
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-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/badges/v1.8.0/build.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/commits/v1.8.0
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/badges/v1.8.0/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/commits/v1.8.0
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/badges/master/build.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/badges/master/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core/commits/master
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core
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diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index afa2b3515e910d7f01eb4eb95480e0fbd9385f75..aecd0f32b3e488d0566e293bbdbe5213dddfb93e 100644
--- a/version.txt
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-1.8.0
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+1.8.1b0
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