diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 93dfa59..e8c2380 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: git cliff --config ./cliff.toml --bump -o ./CHANGELOG.md
+      - name: Update README.md version
+        if: steps.check-changes.outputs.has-changes == 'true'
+        run: |
+          sed -i -E 's|https://github.com/space-code/validator.git", from: "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"|https://github.com/space-code/validator.git", from: "'"${{ steps.next-version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }}"'"|g' README.md
+          echo "Updated README.md with version ${{ steps.next-version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }}"
       - name: Get release notes
         id: release-notes
         if: steps.check-changes.outputs.has-changes == 'true'