diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 86197e765d..0bb27abd11 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/setuptools/latest.svg
     :target: https://setuptools.pypa.io
 
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/skeleton-2022-informational
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/skeleton-2023-informational
    :target: https://blog.jaraco.com/skeleton
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/pypa/setuptools/master.svg?logo=codecov&logoColor=white