diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 182e448b6b7fe9173f768f672ed2d87a3d698611..a9454494c5d91c89e332da8bf5120b70d0be0576 100644
--- a/README.rst
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 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-available-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/v3.0.8/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/v3.0.8
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/badges/v3.0.8/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.io.base/commits/v3.0.8
+.. 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 e46454be8c34cce388f9035c3ee86f561097af0b..f74564498a8f6fa4561d291735fce82ac81dd282 100644
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.8
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+3.0.9b0
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