diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78a9942..f657d72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ point, and a patched build toolchain. Both purely additive for consumers.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- README: a row of self-updating badges (CI status, licence, Go version) under the title.
 - **Documentation uplift:** the README, `docs/CLIENT-INTEGRATION.md` (new BFF and `pep`
   sections; a BFF is now the recommended path for browser apps), `SECURITY.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`
   and the GitHub templates follow the Socrate suite's documentation standard.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6a3db6..78c4c0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/ovander/backendkit.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ovander/backendkit)
 [![CI](https://github.com/ovander/backendkit/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ovander/backendkit/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![Latest tag](https://img.shields.io/github/v/tag/ovander/backendkit?sort=semver&label=version)](https://github.com/ovander/backendkit/tags)
+[![License: Apache-2.0](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ovander/backendkit)](LICENSE)
+[![Go version](https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/ovander/backendkit)](go.mod)
 
 > The shared Go library for services and Backend-for-Frontends that sign users in with Socrate.