diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 621100a318b88c92e7090c34f04ae43193a35ff6..7acedfb600ea4395d3f58ca9e5d6d90f9496fbe4 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.color/master/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/badges/v2.0.16/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/commits/v2.0.16
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/badges/v2.0.16/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/commits/v2.0.16
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/badges/master/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/badges/master/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color/commits/master
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.ip.color
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index d845ccb115427473f3c06959b63d67423e442acf..e01ed925b9465a57885de3369fd11ad6159185c9 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.16
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+2.0.17b0
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