diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 010ea625e4e30c873879ff517b0919e326a3beb7..b975a0820ed9cab45e4cd755233da8e41d216f2c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ user_configuration:
 astrocyte:
   stage: astrocyte
   script:
-  - module load astrocyte/0.2.0
+  - module load astrocyte/0.3.1
   - module unload nextflow
   - cd ..
   - astrocyte_cli validate atacseq_analysis
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 784267abf447b530912c55ce590f4e131a0ee19e..2dbd4507378d2735f2faf9ae2af70ac490187bd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 |[![coverage report](https://git.biohpc.swmed.edu/BICF/Astrocyte/atacseq_analysis/badges/master/coverage.svg)](https://git.biohpc.swmed.edu/BICF/Astrocyte/atacseq_analysis/commits/master)|[![coverage report](https://git.biohpc.swmed.edu/BICF/Astrocyte/atacseq_analysis/badges/dev/coverage.svg)](https://git.biohpc.swmed.edu/BICF/Astrocyte/atacseq_analysis/commits/dev)|
 
 [![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow-%E2%89%A50.31.0-brightgreen)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
-[![Astrocyte](https://img.shields.io/badge/astrocyte-%E2%89%A50.2.0-blue)](https://astrocyte-test.biohpc.swmed.edu/static/docs/index.html)
+[![Astrocyte](https://img.shields.io/badge/astrocyte-%E2%89%A50.3.1-blue)](https://astrocyte-test.biohpc.swmed.edu/static/docs/index.html)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3526148.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3526148)
 
 ## Introduction