diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 2562b1573903ac16751c78bcbd85a25ee479f737..3f278422df30953494d3991f61c46f7c6dacb9aa 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.db.iris/master/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/badges/master/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/commits/master
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/badges/master/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/badges/v2.1.8/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/commits/v2.1.8
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/badges/v2.1.8/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris/commits/v2.1.8
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.iris
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 4ead3fe8141481e0351ab9fbc3558c3f63aab06e..ebf14b46981c4134412e7deaef0ccdc719a195d4 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.8b0
\ No newline at end of file
+2.1.8