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 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/alv.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/alv)
 [![DOI](http://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00955/status.svg)](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00955)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.1477804.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1477804)
-[![Downloads](http://pepy.tech/badge/alv)](http://pepy.tech/project/alv)
+[![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/alv)](http://pepy.tech/project/alv)
 ![Tests](https://github.com/arvestad/alv/actions/workflows/alv_testing.yml/badge.svg)
 [![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=arvestad_alv&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=arvestad_alv)