diff --git a/templates/readme-template.rst b/templates/readme-template.rst
index 84cd5bc25a4bed2b2e118e7a928febc3733436da..e50ca0373680fbe37601b050ec4d87f261569baf 100644
--- a/templates/readme-template.rst
+++ b/templates/readme-template.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .. vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
 .. <DATE>
 
-.. image:: http://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-yellow.svg
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-stable-yellow.svg
    :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/<PACKAGE>/stable/index.html
-.. image:: http://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-orange.svg
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-orange.svg
    :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/<PACKAGE>/master/index.html
 .. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/<PACKAGE>/badges/master/build.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/<PACKAGE>/commits/master
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/<PACKAGE>/commits/master
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/<PACKAGE>
-.. image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/v/<PACKAGE>.svg
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/<PACKAGE>.svg
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/<PACKAGE>