diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e4897532..7cf9ae973 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 [![Test](https://github.com/Samsung/CredSweeper/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Samsung/CredSweeper/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/Samsung/CredSweeper/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/Samsung/CredSweeper)
 [![CII Best Practices](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/6055/badge)](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/6055)
+[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/Samsung/CredSweeper/badge)](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/Samsung/CredSweeper)
 
 <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Samsung/CredSweeper/main/docs/images/Logo.png" width="500"/>
 
diff --git a/credsweeper/__init__.py b/credsweeper/__init__.py
index 0386a5548..56bd0a6e2 100644
--- a/credsweeper/__init__.py
+++ b/credsweeper/__init__.py
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
     '__version__'
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.8.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.1"