diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b701c557dcaaa3530bb078d3315cbd703771d48c..1d0446f438ba2f8f051b241a9b43fae5c4f3ea3d 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/v1.7.1/pipeline.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.7.1
-.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/v1.7.1/coverage.svg
-   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.7.1
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/v1.8.0/pipeline.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.8.0
+.. image:: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/badges/v1.8.0/coverage.svg
+   :target: https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/gridtk/commits/v1.8.0
 .. 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 081af9a10f3f93516868061c1c9211e5a8d8f524..afa2b3515e910d7f01eb4eb95480e0fbd9385f75 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.1
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+1.8.0
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