diff --git a/.changeset/long-owls-raise.md b/.changeset/long-owls-raise.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9021e4031a
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-adr-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-adr': patch
+---
+
+Clarify that default ADR parsers support MADR specification v2.x
diff --git a/plugins/adr-backend/README.md b/plugins/adr-backend/README.md
index 79b5fe13ed..dc48fba90e 100644
--- a/plugins/adr-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ indexBuilder.addCollator({
 
 ### Parsing custom ADR document formats
 
-By default, the `DefaultAdrCollatorFactory` will parse and index documents that follow the [MADR](https://adr.github.io/madr/) standard file name and template format. If you use a different ADR format and file name convention, you can configure `DefaultAdrCollatorFactory` with custom `adrFilePathFilterFn` and `parser` options (see type definitions for details):
+By default, the `DefaultAdrCollatorFactory` will parse and index documents that follow the [MADR v2.x standard file name and template format](https://github.com/adr/madr/tree/2.1.2). If you use a different ADR format and file name convention, you can configure `DefaultAdrCollatorFactory` with custom `adrFilePathFilterFn` and `parser` options (see type definitions for details):
 
 ```ts
 DefaultAdrCollatorFactory.fromConfig({
diff --git a/plugins/adr/README.md b/plugins/adr/README.md
index 2888ff2f07..d0faef75b6 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/README.md
+++ b/plugins/adr/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ case 'adr':
 
 ## Custom ADR formats
 
-By default, this plugin will parse ADRs according to the format specified by the [Markdown Architecture Decision Record (MADR)](https://adr.github.io/madr/) template. If your ADRs are written using a different format, you can apply the following customizations to correctly identify and parse your documents:
+By default, this plugin will parse ADRs according to the format specified by the [Markdown Architecture Decision Record (MADR) v2.x template](https://github.com/adr/madr/tree/2.1.2). If your ADRs are written using a different format, you can apply the following customizations to correctly identify and parse your documents:
 
 ### Custom Filename/Path Format