diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2341a497..475ffd3e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   - Enhance deprecation annotations
 - Fix formatting for MarkDown files
 - Configure gradle jacoco plugin according to newest documentation 
+- Fixed badges in README.md [#290](https://github.com/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/issues/290)
 
 ## [1.6.0]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d11fc2cc..d870d613 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # PowerSystemUtils
 
-[![Build Status](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/ci/buildStatus/icon?job=ie3-institute%2FPowerSystemUtils%2Fmaster)](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/ci/job/ie3-institute/job/PowerSystemUtils/job/master/)
-[![Quality Gate Status](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/sonar/api/project_badges/measure?project=edu.ie3%3Autils&metric=alert_status)](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/sonar/dashboard?id=edu.ie3%3Autils)
+[![Build Status](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/ci/buildStatus/icon?job=ie3-institute%2FPowerSystemUtils%2Fmain)](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/ci/job/ie3-institute/job/PowerSystemUtils/job/main/)
+[![Quality Gate Status](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/sonar/api/project_badges/measure?branch=main&project=edu.ie3%3Autils&metric=alert_status)](https://simona.ie3.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/sonar/dashboard?id=edu.ie3%3Autils&branch=main)
 [![Codacy Badge](https://api.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/0c6df0a8a7ec4ae08ed07f4d925100aa)](https://app.codacy.com/gh/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils&utm_campaign=Badge_Grade_Dashboard)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils)
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ie3-institute/powersystemdatamodel)](https://github.com/ie3-institute/powersystemdatamodel/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils)](https://github.com/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.github.ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:%22com.github.ie3-institute%22%20AND%20a:%22PowerSystemUtils%22)
 
 Contains utility classes that are used by several ie3 subprojects
diff --git a/gradle/scripts/mavenCentralPublish.gradle b/gradle/scripts/mavenCentralPublish.gradle
index 4cff6115..c5b64cf7 100644
--- a/gradle/scripts/mavenCentralPublish.gradle
+++ b/gradle/scripts/mavenCentralPublish.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if (project.hasProperty('user') && project.hasProperty('password')) {
 					licenses {
 						license {
 							name = 'BSD 3-Clause License'
-							url = 'https:github.com/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/blob/master/LICENSE'
+							url = 'https:github.com/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/blob/main/LICENSE'
 						}
 						scm {
 							connection = 'scm:git:git:github.com/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils.git'