Use the GOV.UK brand refresh in your prototype
On 25 June 2025, GDS launched a refreshed GOV.UK brand for web. If you're prototyping a GOV.UK service and your prototype is not using the refreshed GOV.UK brand, we recommend you use the refreshed brand so that it's consistent with the GOV.UK website and other GOV.UK services.
To check if your prototype is using the refreshed GOV.UK brand, see the guidance on changes to GOV.UK. If your prototype is already using the refreshed brand, you do not need to make any changes.
You can update the branding in your prototype using the rebrand
option in the GOV.UK Frontend Prototype Kit plugin.
Before you start, make sure your prototype is using GOV.UK Frontend v5.10.0 or later. See installing and using plugins for details on how to check.
Add the rebrand
option and set it to true
Go to your prototype's config.json
, located in your prototype's app
folder. Add a comma after the serviceName
line if there isn't one there already. After serviceName
but still within the curly brackets, enter the following:
"plugins": {
"govuk-frontend": {
"rebrand": true
}
}
If there was nothing else besides serviceName
in your config, it should now look like this:
{
"serviceName": "Your service name",
"plugins": {
"govuk-frontend": {
"rebrand": true
}
}
}
If you haven't already, start your prototype locally, using the instructions on running the kit. You should now see the refreshed GOV.UK brand.