diff --git a/Makefile.rules b/Makefile.rules
index 3da46a54f3..670e7d3f57 100644
--- a/Makefile.rules
+++ b/Makefile.rules
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ testkernel: ${KERNELTESTS}
 ########################################################################
 
 # change PKG_BRANCH to stable-X.Y in the stable branch
-PKG_BRANCH = master
+PKG_BRANCH = stable-4.14
 PKG_BOOTSTRAP_URL = https://github.com/gap-system/PackageDistro/releases/download/latest/
 PKG_MINIMAL = packages-required.tar.gz
 PKG_FULL = packages.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a84d13bc9d..73df3dd697 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/gap-system/gap/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/gap-system/gap/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Amaster)
-[![Code Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/gap-system/gap/branch/master/graphs/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/gap-system/gap/branch/master)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/gap-system/gap/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=stable-4.14)](https://github.com/gap-system/gap/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Astable-4.14)
+[![Code Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/gap-system/gap/branch/stable-4.14/graphs/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/gap-system/gap/branch/stable-4.14)
 [![ref](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-ref-blue)](https://gap-system.github.io/gap/doc/ref/chap0_mj.html)
 [![dev](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-dev-blue)](https://gap-system.github.io/gap/doc/dev/chap0_mj.html)
 [![hpc](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-hpc-blue)](https://gap-system.github.io/gap/doc/hpc/chap0_mj.html)