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 # Elastic stack (ELK) on Docker
 
-[![Elastic Stack version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Elastic%20Stack-7.15.1-00bfb3?style=flat&logo=elastic-stack)](https://www.elastic.co/blog/category/releases)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/deviantony/docker-elk/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/deviantony/docker-elk/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Amain)
-[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/deviantony/docker-elk](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/deviantony/docker-elk?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+[![Elastic Stack version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Elastic%20Stack-7.16.2-00bfb3?style=flat&logo=elastic-stack)](https://www.elastic.co/blog/category/releases)
 
 Run the latest version of the [Elastic stack][elk-stack] with Docker and Docker Compose.