diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 412b56592..2af9f9397 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 The official low-level Elasticsearch client for Node.js and the browser.
 
-[![Build Status](http://img.shields.io/travis/elastic/elasticsearch-js/2.4.svg?style=flat-square)](https://travis-ci.org/elastic/elasticsearch-js?branch=4.0)
-[![Coverage Status](http://img.shields.io/coveralls/elastic/elasticsearch-js/2.4.svg?style=flat-square)](https://coveralls.io/r/elastic/elasticsearch-js?branch=4.0)
+[![Build Status](http://img.shields.io/travis/elastic/elasticsearch-js/4.0.svg?style=flat-square)](https://travis-ci.org/elastic/elasticsearch-js?branch=4.0)
+[![Coverage Status](http://img.shields.io/coveralls/elastic/elasticsearch-js/4.0.svg?style=flat-square)](https://coveralls.io/r/elastic/elasticsearch-js?branch=4.0)
 [![Dependencies up to date](http://img.shields.io/david/elastic/elasticsearch-js.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/elastic/elasticsearch-js)
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/grunt/tasks.js b/grunt/tasks.js
index 54e903097..5886fdd45 100644
--- a/grunt/tasks.js
+++ b/grunt/tasks.js
@@ -59,7 +59,15 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
       pkg.version = next;
       browserBuilds = utils.replaceAll(browserBuilds, current, next);
+
       readme = utils.replaceAll(readme, current, next);
+
+      readme = utils.replaceAll(
+        readme,
+        '/' + utils.minorVersion(current) + '.svg',
+        '/' + utils.minorVersion(next) + '.svg'
+      );
+
       readme = utils.replaceAll(
         readme,
         'branch=' + utils.minorVersion(current),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be9f3709d..e6b890c49 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@
     "node": ">=0.8 <=0.12",
     "iojs": ">=1.5"
   }
-}
+}
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