diff --git a/src/sagemaker/djl_inference/model.py b/src/sagemaker/djl_inference/model.py
index 3fa523c605..8c724a6502 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/djl_inference/model.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/djl_inference/model.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         model_id: Optional[str] = None,
         engine: Optional[str] = None,
-        djl_version: str = "0.28.0",
+        djl_version: str = "latest",
         djl_framework: Optional[str] = None,
         task: Optional[str] = None,
         dtype: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-lmi.json b/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-lmi.json
index 325327ca8e..c55ff35bed 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-lmi.json
+++ b/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-lmi.json
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
     "scope": [
         "inference"
     ],
+    "version_aliases": {
+        "latest": "0.29.0"
+    },
     "versions": {
         "0.29.0": {
             "registries": {
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-neuronx.json b/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-neuronx.json
index 8a59426ca9..d62a4b0b1e 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-neuronx.json
+++ b/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-neuronx.json
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
     "scope": [
         "inference"
     ],
+    "version_aliases": {
+        "latest": "0.29.0"
+    },
     "versions": {
         "0.29.0": {
             "registries": {
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-tensorrtllm.json b/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-tensorrtllm.json
index 68db982632..47088febfc 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-tensorrtllm.json
+++ b/src/sagemaker/image_uri_config/djl-tensorrtllm.json
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
     "scope": [
         "inference"
     ],
+    "version_aliases": {
+        "latest": "0.29.0"
+    },
     "versions": {
         "0.29.0": {
             "registries": {
diff --git a/tests/unit/sagemaker/image_uris/test_djl.py b/tests/unit/sagemaker/image_uris/test_djl.py
index 6457fe044f..887b575fdf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sagemaker/image_uris/test_djl.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sagemaker/image_uris/test_djl.py
@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "load_config_and_file_name",
-    [
-        "djl-neuronx.json",
-        "djl-fastertransformer.json",
-        "djl-deepspeed.json",
-        "djl-tensorrtllm.json",
-    ],
+    ["djl-neuronx.json", "djl-tensorrtllm.json", "djl-lmi.json"],
     indirect=True,
 )
 def test_djl_uris(load_config_and_file_name):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_djl_inference.py b/tests/unit/test_djl_inference.py
index 6b0f5a6f92..abdd86fbfc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_djl_inference.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_djl_inference.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 HF_MODEL_ID = "hf_hub_model_id"
 ROLE = "dummy_role"
 REGION = "us-west-2"
-VERSION = "0.28.0"
+VERSION = "latest"
 
 LMI_IMAGE_URI = image_uris.retrieve(framework="djl-lmi", version=VERSION, region=REGION)
 TRT_IMAGE_URI = image_uris.retrieve(framework="djl-tensorrtllm", version=VERSION, region=REGION)