diff --git a/.github/badges/branches.svg b/.github/badges/branches.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..350812c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/badges/branches.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/.github/badges/jacoco.svg b/.github/badges/jacoco.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e63c9cd
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+++ b/.github/badges/jacoco.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="106" height="20" role="img" aria-label="coverage: 99.5%"><linearGradient id="s" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><clipPath id="r"><rect width="106" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></clipPath><g clip-path="url(#r)"><rect width="61" height="20" fill="#555"/><rect x="61" width="45" height="20" fill="#97ca00"/><rect width="106" height="20" fill="url(#s)"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana,Geneva,DejaVu Sans,sans-serif" text-rendering="geometricPrecision" font-size="110"><text aria-hidden="true" x="315" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="510">coverage</text><text x="315" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" fill="#fff" textLength="510">coverage</text><text aria-hidden="true" x="825" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="350">99.5%</text><text x="825" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" fill="#fff" textLength="350">99.5%</text></g></svg>
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 4e81b6e..7609a27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ jobs:
       uses: cicirello/jacoco-badge-generator@v2
       with:
         generate-branches-badge: true
+
+    - name: Log coverage percentage
+      run: |
+        echo "coverage = ${{ steps.jacoco.outputs.coverage }}"
+        echo "branch coverage = ${{ steps.jacoco.outputs.branches }}"
+
+    - name: Commit and push the badge (if it changed)
+      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7
+      with:
+        default_author: github_actions
+        message: 'commit badge'
+        add: '*.svg'
     
     - name: Update dependency graph
       uses: advanced-security/maven-dependency-submission-action@571e99aab1055c2e71a1e2309b9691de18d6b7d6
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 684013e..5588f51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # phonet4java
 
-[![travis-ci](https://api.travis-ci.org/jze/phonet4java.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jze/phonet4java)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/jze/phonet4java/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/jze/phonet4java)
+![Maven Central version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/de.zedlitz/phonet4java)
+![Coverage](.github/badges/jacoco.svg)
 
 The project provides Java implementations for several phonetic algorithms like: