diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3931d2a1a..b07d63871 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[![Release](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/json?color=blue&label=Release&query=tag_name&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Frepos%2Fmitre%2Fcaldera%2Freleases%2Flatest)](https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases/latest)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/mitre/caldera.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/mitre/caldera)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/caldera/badge/?version=stable)](http://caldera.readthedocs.io/?badge=stable)
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ These requirements are for the computer running the core framework:
 
 ## Installation
 
-Start by cloning this repository recursively, passing the desired version/release in x.x.x format. The latest release is 2.6.0. This will pull in all available plugins.
+Start by cloning this repository recursively, passing the desired version/release in x.x.x format. This will pull in all available plugins.
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/mitre/caldera.git --recursive --branch x.x.x 
 ```