diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ae8b9da136275af77470145bc6d0bc0326baf446..60c8f4fc080016902978fd4593e790e70f5fcb26 100644
--- a/README.rst
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@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-available-orange.svg
    :target: https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/bob.ip.base/master/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/badges/v2.2.6/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/commits/v2.2.6
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/badges/v2.2.6/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/commits/v2.2.6
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/badges/master/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/badges/master/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base/commits/master
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.base
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 1506473e24c67d191d229c8662664659a235c2a8..e16a8b5f17d40d01badc3c13fc0533931396f6c1 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.6
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+2.2.7b0
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