diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index dcea99b68c56793b9bb734435c27ba78e9d1c63d..f9eab15c2895c546c3633fff7c876e85bc823226 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-v4.0.0-orange.svg
-   :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/bob.io.base/v4.0.0/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/badges/v4.0.0/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/v4.0.0
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/badges/v4.0.0/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/v4.0.0
+.. 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/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index fcdb2e109f68cff5600955a73908885fe8599bb4..1bc21139d63aee0d7b2e4ef1fd5664538e46d7ad 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.0
+4.0.1b0