diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c1059381..3ce08dfa 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 .. |Black| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-black-black
         :target: https://github.com/psf/black
 
-.. |CI| image:: https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.structure/actions/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml/badge.svg
-        :target: https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.structure/actions/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
+.. |CI| image:: https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.structure/actions/workflows/matrix-and-codecov.yml/badge.svg
+        :target: https://github.com/diffpy/diffpy.structure/actions/workflows/matrix-and-codecov.yml
 
 .. |Codecov| image:: https://codecov.io/gh/diffpy/diffpy.structure/branch/main/graph/badge.svg
         :target: https://codecov.io/gh/diffpy/diffpy.structure
diff --git a/news/CI-badge-fix.rst b/news/CI-badge-fix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2df63a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/CI-badge-fix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* No News Added: fix CI badge and target in README.rst
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>