diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 478b126..0704240 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 <a href="https://github.com/clouddrove/terraform-aws-kafka/actions/workflows/tfsec.yml">
   <img src="https://github.com/clouddrove/terraform-aws-kafka/actions/workflows/tfsec.yml/badge.svg" alt="tfsec">
 </a>
-<a href="https://github.com/clouddrove/terraform-aws-kafka/actions/workflows/terraform.yml">
-  <img src="https://github.com/clouddrove/terraform-aws-kafka/actions/workflows/terraform.yml/badge.svg" alt="static-checks">
-</a>
-
 
 </p>
 <p align="center">
diff --git a/_example/versions.tf b/_example/versions.tf
index ef355e6..17ccb11 100644
--- a/_example/versions.tf
+++ b/_example/versions.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ terraform {
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"
-      version = ">= 5.20.1"
+      version = ">= 5.21.0"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/versions.tf b/versions.tf
index ef355e6..17ccb11 100644
--- a/versions.tf
+++ b/versions.tf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ terraform {
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"
-      version = ">= 5.20.1"
+      version = ">= 5.21.0"
     }
   }
 }