diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/update-docsms-metadata.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/update-docsms-metadata.yml
index b230e8ebe0c92..341169b373484 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/update-docsms-metadata.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/update-docsms-metadata.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 parameters:
-  - name: Artifacts
+  - name: PackageInfoLocations
     type: object
     default: []
   - name: RepoId
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ steps:
       DefaultBranchVariableName: TargetBranchName
 
 - pwsh: |
-    $artifactInfoJson = '${{ convertToJson(parameters.Artifacts) }}'.Trim('"')
-    $artifactInfo = ConvertFrom-Json $artifactInfoJson
+    $packageInfoJson = '${{ convertToJson(parameters.PackageInfoLocations) }}'.Trim('"')
+    $packageInfoLocations = ConvertFrom-Json $packageInfoJson
     ${{ parameters.ScriptDirectory }}/Update-DocsMsMetadata.ps1 `
-      -PackageInfoJsonLocations $artifactInfo `
+      -PackageInfoJsonLocations $packageInfoLocations `
       -DocRepoLocation "$(DocRepoLocation)" `
       -Language '${{parameters.Language}}' `
       -RepoId '${{ parameters.RepoId }}'
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Update-DocsMsMetadata.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Update-DocsMsMetadata.ps1
index 389a9f7f868ee..2a9d4f26a999c 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Update-DocsMsMetadata.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Update-DocsMsMetadata.ps1
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ function GetAdjustedReadmeContent($ReadmeContent, $PackageInfo, $PackageMetadata
     $foundTitle = $matches["filetitle"]
   }
 
-  $replacementPattern = "`${1}$tag"
-  $ReadmeContent = $ReadmeContent -replace $releaseReplaceRegex, $replacementPattern
+  # If this is not a daily dev package, perform link replacement
+  if (!$packageInfo.DevVersion) {
+    $replacementPattern = "`${1}$tag"
+    $ReadmeContent = $ReadmeContent -replace $releaseReplaceRegex, $replacementPattern
+  }
   
   $header = @"
 ---
@@ -96,12 +99,16 @@ function UpdateDocsMsMetadataForPackage($packageInfoJsonLocation) {
     # If the package is of a dev version there may be language-specific needs to 
     # specify the appropriate version. For example, in the case of JS, the dev 
     # version is always 'dev' when interacting with NPM.
-    if ($GetDocsMsLanguageSpecificPackageInfo -and (Test-Path "Function:$GetDocsMsLanguageSpecificPackageInfo")) { 
-      $packageInfo = &$GetDocsMsLanguageSpecificPackageInfo $packageInfo
+    if ($GetDocsMsDevLanguageSpecificPackageInfoFn -and (Test-Path "Function:$GetDocsMsDevLanguageSpecificPackageInfoFn")) { 
+      $packageInfo = &$GetDocsMsDevLanguageSpecificPackageInfoFn $packageInfo
+    } else {
+      # Default: use the dev version from package info as the version for
+      # downstream processes
+      $packageInfo.Version = $packageInfo.DevVersion
     }
   }
 
-  $packageMetadataArray = (Get-CSVMetadata).Where({ $_.Package -eq $packageInfo.Name })
+  $packageMetadataArray = (Get-CSVMetadata).Where({ $_.Package -eq $packageInfo.Name -and $_.GroupId -eq $packageInfo.Group -and $_.Hide -ne 'true' -and $_.New -eq 'true' })
   if ($packageMetadataArray.Count -eq 0) { 
     LogError "Could not retrieve metadata for $($packageInfo.Name) from metadata CSV"
   } elseif ($packageMetadataArray.Count -gt 1) { 
@@ -116,8 +123,6 @@ function UpdateDocsMsMetadataForPackage($packageInfoJsonLocation) {
   }
 
   $docsMsMetadata = &$GetDocsMsMetadataForPackageFn $packageInfo
-  $version = [AzureEngSemanticVersion]::ParseVersionString($packageInfo.Version)
-
   $readMePath = $docsMsMetadata.LatestReadMeLocation
   if ($originalVersion.IsPrerelease) { 
     $readMePath = $docsMsMetadata.PreviewReadMeLocation
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1
index 97251158c74ff..4e0b0847cdbf1 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/common.ps1
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ $GetPackageInfoFromPackageFileFn = "Get-${Language}-PackageInfoFromPackageFile"
 $PublishGithubIODocsFn = "Publish-${Language}-GithubIODocs"
 $UpdateDocsMsPackagesFn = "Update-${Language}-DocsMsPackages"
 $GetDocsMsMetadataForPackageFn = "Get-${Language}-DocsMsMetadataForPackage"
-$GetDocsMsLanguageSpecificPackageInfo = "Get-${Language}-DocsMsLanguageSpecificPackageInfo"
+$GetDocsMsDevLanguageSpecificPackageInfoFn = "Get-${Language}-DocsMsDevLanguageSpecificPackageInfo"
 $GetGithubIoDocIndexFn = "Get-${Language}-GithubIoDocIndex"
 $FindArtifactForApiReviewFn = "Find-${Language}-Artifacts-For-Apireview"