diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 # Change log
 
-## \[v3.0.3\] - 2024-12-11
+## [v3.0.3] - 2024-12-11
 
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes
 
 - [`18220ed`](https://github.com/martibosch/pylandstats/commit/18220ed024bb1d759279c8c10760f2d9e77e0962) - consistent handling of metrics for classes with no patches *(commit by [@martibosch](https://github.com/martibosch))*
 
-## \[v3.0.2\] - 2024-12-10
+## [v3.0.2] - 2024-12-10
 
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes
 
 - [`f73a61b`](https://github.com/martibosch/pylandstats/commit/f73a61bc8696096b569a65d3641711cef6077d9f) - cython, py3.13, build with setuptools and tests with tox *(PR [#60](https://github.com/martibosch/pylandstats/pull/60) by [@martibosch](https://github.com/martibosch))*
 
-## \[v3.0.1\] - 2024-10-25
+## [v3.0.1] - 2024-10-25
 
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes
 
 - [`d1f7d37`](https://github.com/martibosch/pylandstats/commit/d1f7d378fa8edd9e9097285e5c358d2c0f074139) - drop stale black requirement *(commit by [@martibosch](https://github.com/martibosch))*
 
-## \[v3.0.0\] - 2024-10-24
+## [v3.0.0] - 2024-10-24
 
 ### :sparkles: New Features
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ $ pip install -e .
 ## Acknowledgments
 
 - The computation of the adjacency matrix in [transonic](https://github.com/fluiddyn/transonic) has been implemented by Pierre Augier ([paugier](https://github.com/paugier))
-- Several information theory-based metrics from Nowosad and Stepinski \[1\] were added by [achennu](https://github.com/achennu)
+- Several information theory-based metrics from Nowosad and Stepinski [1] were added by [achennu](https://github.com/achennu)
 - With the support of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
 - The Corine Land Cover datasets used for the test datasets were produced with funding by the European Union