diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b1e177..381c1c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.2.7][] - 2019-05-17
+
+### Changed
+
+  - Alignment of badges in README.
+
 ## [1.2.6][] - 2019-05-17
 
 ### Added
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   - This changelog.
 
 
+[1.2.7]: https://github.com/zalando-incubator/zelt/compare/v1.2.6...v1.2.7
 [1.2.6]: https://github.com/zalando-incubator/zelt/compare/v1.2.5...v1.2.6
 [1.2.5]: https://github.com/zalando-incubator/zelt/compare/v1.2.4...v1.2.5
 [1.2.4]: https://github.com/zalando-incubator/zelt/compare/9513e05cb6f20ddb3459095ff771e1e8ad1ae299...3b5cc6bb09c923fa713d5f1348b39c7def97afeb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f9ab0d..9068e79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 <p align="center"><img src="images/zelt.png"/></p>
 
-## Zalando end-to-end load tester
-
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/zalando-incubator/zelt.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/zalando-incubator/zelt) [![PyPI Version Badge](https://badgen.net/pypi/v/zelt)](https://pypi.org/project/zelt) [![Codacy Badge](https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/a74dee2bbbd64da8951a3cec5059dda3)](https://www.codacy.com/app/bmaher/zelt?utm_source=github.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=zalando-incubator/zelt&amp;utm_campaign=Badge_Grade)  [![Codacy Badge](https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Coverage/a74dee2bbbd64da8951a3cec5059dda3)](https://www.codacy.com/app/bmaher/zelt?utm_source=github.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=zalando-incubator/zelt&amp;utm_campaign=Badge_Coverage)  [![Code Style](https://badgen.net/badge/code%20style/black/000)](https://github.com/ambv/black)
+<h2 align="center">Zalando end-to-end load tester</h2>
+
+<p align="center">
+<a href="https://travis-ci.org/zalando-incubator/zelt"><img alt="Build status" src="https://travis-ci.org/zalando-incubator/zelt.svg?branch=master"></a>
+<a href="https://pypi.org/project/zelt"><img alt="PyPI" src="https://badgen.net/pypi/v/zelt"></a>
+<a href="https://www.codacy.com/app/bmaher/zelt?utm_source=github.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=zalando-incubator/zelt&amp;utm_campaign=Badge_Grade"><img alt="Code quality" src="https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/a74dee2bbbd64da8951a3cec5059dda3"></a>
+<a href="https://www.codacy.com/app/bmaher/zelt?utm_source=github.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=zalando-incubator/zelt&amp;utm_campaign=Badge_Coverage"><img alt="Code coverage" src="https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Coverage/a74dee2bbbd64da8951a3cec5059dda3"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/ambv/black"><img alt="Code style: black" src="https://badgen.net/badge/code%20style/black/000"></a>
+</p>
 
 A **command-line tool** for orchestrating the deployment of [Locust][] in [Kubernetes][].
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 25b9da7..4a9851a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "zelt"
-version = "1.2.6"
+version = "1.2.7"
 description = "Zalando end-to-end load tester"
 authors = [
     "Brian Maher <brian.maher@zalando.de>",