diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1eff3a364f57204bc42d650b8fd26fc209f50d80..f3783f588b7d530dd9b6dcc681dc00f44365c4ff 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-available-orange.svg
    :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/bob.core/master/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/badges/master/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/commits/master
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/badges/master/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/badges/v2.2.6/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/commits/v2.2.6
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/badges/v2.2.6/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core/commits/v2.2.6
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.core
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 66a820aa15db9ef0666958cb848dfc78f0faca35..1506473e24c67d191d229c8662664659a235c2a8 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.6b0
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+2.2.6
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