diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 178122ce7eb8ee703017675c30237e8eda4adac3..b63f5189a902a4129a328677ffa6811df10a89e5 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 > $`\textcolor{#890000}{\text{THIS SDK IS IN DEVELOPMENT AND NOT READY FOR PRODUCTION USE YET!!!}}`$
 
+<br/>
+
+![](https://git.fitko.de/fit-connect/sdk-java/badges/main/pipeline.svg)
+
 ## About the FIT-Connect Java SDK
 
 The Java SDK for FIT-Connect enables to build clients for senders and subscribers without directly interacting with any REST-Endpoints.
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ This section lists major frameworks/libraries used in the SDK.
 * Junit 5
 
 FIT-Connect dependencies:
-* [JWKValidator 1.4.0](https://git.fitko.de/fit-connect/jwk-validator)
+* [JWKValidator 1.5.0](https://git.fitko.de/fit-connect/jwk-validator)
 
 Further 3rd party dependencies:
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 809ecb3d97044cb5c40c90bc746da2078109f40a..6b1f5a0bf16c9f727db43cba12719e9eebdce854 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${encoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <!-- FIT-Connect dependencies -->
-        <jwk-validator.version>1.4.0</jwk-validator.version>
+        <jwk-validator.version>1.5.0</jwk-validator.version>
 
         <!-- 3rd party dependencies -->