diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90042271..d4a12216 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # TwitterServer
 
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+[![Build Status](https://github.com/twitter/twitter-server/workflows/continuous%20integration/badge.svg?branch=release)](https://github.com/twitter/twitter-server/actions?query=workflow%3A%22continuous+integration%22+branch%3Arelease)
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 [![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active-brightgreen.svg)](#status)
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diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 60f3b796..c5298d49 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Global / onChangedBuildSource := ReloadOnSourceChanges
 Global / excludeLintKeys += scalacOptions
 
 // All Twitter library releases are date versioned as YY.MM.patch
-val releaseVersion = "21.9.0-SNAPSHOT"
+val releaseVersion = "21.8.0"
 
 val jacksonVersion = "2.11.2"
 val jacksonLibs = Seq(