diff --git a/packages/eventstream-handler-node/README.md b/packages/eventstream-handler-node/README.md
index 1f866fb3af10d..037514128fb13 100644
--- a/packages/eventstream-handler-node/README.md
+++ b/packages/eventstream-handler-node/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/eventstream-handler-node
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-handler-node/alpha.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-handler-node)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-handler-node/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-handler-node)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/eventstream-handler-node.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-handler-node)
 
 > An internal package
diff --git a/packages/eventstream-serde-browser/README.md b/packages/eventstream-serde-browser/README.md
index 8b45a3e848ec5..9498080defb47 100644
--- a/packages/eventstream-serde-browser/README.md
+++ b/packages/eventstream-serde-browser/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-browser
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-browser/alpha.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-browser)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-browser/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-browser)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-browser.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-browser)
 
 > An internal package
diff --git a/packages/eventstream-serde-config-resolver/README.md b/packages/eventstream-serde-config-resolver/README.md
index a77b0b3b15e27..72dcc52efc78e 100644
--- a/packages/eventstream-serde-config-resolver/README.md
+++ b/packages/eventstream-serde-config-resolver/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-config-resolver
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-config-resolver/alpha.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-config-resolver)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-config-resolver/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-config-resolver)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-config-resolver.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-config-resolver)
 
 > An internal package
diff --git a/packages/eventstream-serde-node/README.md b/packages/eventstream-serde-node/README.md
index b454587de893d..941cfa379368b 100644
--- a/packages/eventstream-serde-node/README.md
+++ b/packages/eventstream-serde-node/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-node
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-node/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-node)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-node/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-node)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-node.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-node)
 
 > An internal package
diff --git a/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/README.md b/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/README.md
index 4389300488968..7e06068d3d491 100644
--- a/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/README.md
+++ b/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-universal
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-universal/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-universal)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-universal/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-universal)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-universal.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/eventstream-serde-universal)
 
 > An internal package
diff --git a/packages/invalid-dependency/README.md b/packages/invalid-dependency/README.md
index e3436169b811a..552390b4b35f2 100644
--- a/packages/invalid-dependency/README.md
+++ b/packages/invalid-dependency/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/invalid-dependency
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/invalid-dependency/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/invalid-dependency)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/invalid-dependency/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/invalid-dependency)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/invalid-dependency.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/invalid-dependency)
 
 > An internal package
diff --git a/packages/karma-credential-loader/README.md b/packages/karma-credential-loader/README.md
index 9bdfed5c3ae63..f5968b2d5c437 100644
--- a/packages/karma-credential-loader/README.md
+++ b/packages/karma-credential-loader/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/karma-credential-loader
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/karma-credential-loader/preview.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/karma-credential-loader)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/karma-credential-loader/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/karma-credential-loader)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/karma-credential-loader.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/karma-credential-loader)
 
 > An internal package
diff --git a/packages/middleware-eventstream/README.md b/packages/middleware-eventstream/README.md
index 441bf5aa82632..76d6ab02ca4e5 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-eventstream/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-eventstream/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-eventstream
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-eventstream/preview.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-eventstream)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-eventstream/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-eventstream)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-eventstream.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-eventstream)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-host-header/README.md b/packages/middleware-host-header/README.md
index 6e41e603a7c0e..123940e6d6886 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-host-header/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-host-header/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-host-header
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-host-header/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-host-header)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-host-header/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-host-header)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-host-header.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-host-header)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-sdk-machinelearning/README.md b/packages/middleware-sdk-machinelearning/README.md
index 48284c4dbbe6c..224f1c0d76839 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-sdk-machinelearning/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-sdk-machinelearning/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-machinelearning
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-machinelearning/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-machinelearning)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-machinelearning/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-machinelearning)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-machinelearning.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-machinelearning)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-sdk-s3-control/README.md b/packages/middleware-sdk-s3-control/README.md
index 2ee48da68a2a8..07e3e3f9a548f 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-sdk-s3-control/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-sdk-s3-control/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3-control
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3-control/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3-control)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3-control/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3-control)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3-control.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3-control)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-sdk-s3/README.md b/packages/middleware-sdk-s3/README.md
index e76b5ae9e2ba9..816394490a19c 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-sdk-s3/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-sdk-s3/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-s3)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-sdk-sqs/README.md b/packages/middleware-sdk-sqs/README.md
index 766eca51f60cc..1036cb31e2345 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-sdk-sqs/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-sdk-sqs/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-sqs
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-sqs/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-sqs)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-sqs/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-sqs)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-sqs.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-sqs)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming/README.md b/packages/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming/README.md
index 9cfce411dc1ac..046a78d8a98c8 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-sdk-transcribe-streaming)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-serde/README.md b/packages/middleware-serde/README.md
index a067065d8bd92..95b162bae4487 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-serde/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-serde/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-serde
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-serde/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-serde)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-serde/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-serde)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-serde.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-serde)
diff --git a/packages/middleware-user-agent/README.md b/packages/middleware-user-agent/README.md
index 88501db7f7685..a0bf1a92509d5 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-user-agent/README.md
+++ b/packages/middleware-user-agent/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/middleware-user-agent
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-user-agent/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-user-agent)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/middleware-user-agent/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-user-agent)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/middleware-user-agent.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/middleware-user-agent)
diff --git a/packages/polly-request-presigner/README.md b/packages/polly-request-presigner/README.md
index 36d9a1f8b331d..319dbf96c45f8 100644
--- a/packages/polly-request-presigner/README.md
+++ b/packages/polly-request-presigner/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/polly-request-presigner
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/polly-request-presigner/beta.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/polly-request-presigner)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/polly-request-presigner/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/polly-request-presigner)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/polly-request-presigner/beta.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/polly-request-presigner)
 
 This package provides a presigner based on signature V4 that will attempt to
diff --git a/packages/protocol-http/README.md b/packages/protocol-http/README.md
index 356417bb33c94..860b71ab12942 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-http/README.md
+++ b/packages/protocol-http/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # @aws-sdk/protocol-http
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/protocol-http/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/protocol-http)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/protocol-http/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/protocol-http)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/protocol-http.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/protocol-http)
diff --git a/packages/smithy-client/README.md b/packages/smithy-client/README.md
index 53d747394e211..1474914a42ed0 100644
--- a/packages/smithy-client/README.md
+++ b/packages/smithy-client/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @aws-sdk/smithy-client
 
-[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/smithy-client/rc.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/smithy-client)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@aws-sdk/smithy-client/latest.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/smithy-client)
 [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@aws-sdk/smithy-client.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/smithy-client)
 
 > An internal package