diff --git a/crates/store/re_query2/Cargo.toml b/crates/store/re_query2/Cargo.toml
index f09c631c2b5f..477939a60322 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_query2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/store/re_query2/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
 include.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
-publish = true
+publish = false
 readme = "README.md"
 repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/store/re_query2/README.md b/crates/store/re_query2/README.md
index 906e0113fc51..680533ce51a5 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_query2/README.md
+++ b/crates/store/re_query2/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Part of the [`rerun`](https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun) family of crates.
 
-[![Latest version](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/re_query2.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/re_query2)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/re_query2/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/re_query2)
+[![Latest version](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/re_query2.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/re_query2?speculative-link)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/re_query2/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/re_query2?speculative-link)
 ![MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)
 ![Apache](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache-blue.svg)