diff --git a/src/clean-context.js b/src/clean-context.js
index a5d5de2..baa62b2 100644
--- a/src/clean-context.js
+++ b/src/clean-context.js
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@
  * @param {Object} context
  */
 module.exports = context => {
+  const cleanBadgeText = text => text.replace(/-/g, '--').replace(/_/g, '__')
+
   // Why doing this?
   // See https://github.com/kefranabg/readme-md-generator/pull/141
   const licenseName = context.licenseName
     .replace(/-/g, '--')
     .replace(/_/g, '__')
+  const projectVersion = cleanBadgeText(context.projectVersion)
 
   return {
     ...context,
-    licenseName
+    licenseName,
+    projectVersion
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/clean-context.spec.js b/src/clean-context.spec.js
index c245f0c..8b8a6ad 100644
--- a/src/clean-context.spec.js
+++ b/src/clean-context.spec.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 const cleanContext = require('./clean-context')
 
 describe('cleanContext', () => {
-  it('should replace licenseName - and _ characters by -- and __', () => {
-    const context = { licenseName: 'Apache-2_0' }
-    const cleanedContext = { licenseName: 'Apache--2__0' }
+  it('should replace licenseName and projectVersion - and _ characters by -- and __', () => {
+    const context = {
+      licenseName: 'Apache-2_0',
+      projectVersion: '1.0_0-alpha'
+    }
+    const cleanedContext = {
+      licenseName: 'Apache--2__0',
+      projectVersion: '1.0__0--alpha'
+    }
 
     const result = cleanContext(context)