diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 58da457f6774dd92dc9f77cb486dd805111cecd2..c8b949fa9575cbd759d1437834bf490b6d118267 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/gridtk/master/index.html
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/master/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/master
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/master/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/master
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/v1.8.1/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.8.1
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/v1.8.1/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.8.1
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/gitlab-project-0000c0.svg
    :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index aecd0f32b3e488d0566e293bbdbe5213dddfb93e..b9268dae245ed77f9b30bbe2640c07890ac49821 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.1b0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.8.1
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