diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
index b93d4442..ecc573fc 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/README.md
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
 
 {% if is_open_source %}
-[![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](<https://pypi.org/project/{{> cookiecutter.project_slug }}/)
-[![python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](<https://pypi.org/project/{{> cookiecutter.project_slug }}/)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml/badge.svg)](<https://github.com/{{> cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml)
-[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/branch/main/graphs/badge.svg)](<https://codecov.io/github/{{> cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }})
+[![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](<https://pypi.org/project/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/) {{< mdl-disable "<!-- markdownlint-disable MD034 -->" >}}
+[![python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.svg)](<https://pypi.org/project/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/) {{< mdl-disable "<!-- markdownlint-disable MD034 -->" >}}
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml/badge.svg)](<https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/actions/workflows/dev.yml) {{< mdl-disable "<!-- markdownlint-disable MD034 -->" >}}
+[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/branch/main/graphs/badge.svg)](<https://codecov.io/github/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}) {{< mdl-disable "<!-- markdownlint-disable MD034 -->" >}}
 
 {% else %}
 {% endif %}