diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f9eab15c2895c546c3633fff7c876e85bc823226..6a97dd90cc95fb664c720974532d5ed1a74bd708 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .. vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
 .. Thu 11 Aug 15:13:11 CEST 2016
 
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-orange.svg
-   :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/bob.io.base/master/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/badges/master/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/master
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/badges/master/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/master
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-v5.0.0-orange.svg
+   :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/bob.io.base/v5.0.0/index.html
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/badges/v5.0.0/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/v5.0.0
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/badges/v5.0.0/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/v5.0.0
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 1bc21139d63aee0d7b2e4ef1fd5664538e46d7ad..0062ac971805f7b700058db4bb0f5c5b771dda76 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.1b0
+5.0.0