diff --git a/packages/aws/changelog.yml b/packages/aws/changelog.yml
index 4127f05d915a..93ad2d53de4e 100644
--- a/packages/aws/changelog.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/changelog.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # newer versions go on top
+- version: "2.3.0"
+  changes:
+    - description: Change include_linked_accounts default to true
+      type: enhancement
+      link: https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/7856
 - version: "2.2.1"
   changes:
     - description: Fix GuardDuty API call parameter.
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/apigateway_metrics/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/apigateway_metrics/manifest.yml
index 73dda6a92bae..9fad056deccd 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/apigateway_metrics/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/apigateway_metrics/manifest.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
       - name: tags_filter
         type: yaml
         title: Tags Filter
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/billing/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/billing/manifest.yml
index 0dd00eb98f85..f63ab40987c7 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/billing/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/billing/manifest.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS Billing Metrics
     description: Collect billing metrics from Amazon Web Services with Elastic Agent.
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudwatch_metrics/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudwatch_metrics/manifest.yml
index a18e5da0e77d..86617dd84556 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudwatch_metrics/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/cloudwatch_metrics/manifest.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
       - name: regions
         type: text
         title: Regions
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/dynamodb/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/dynamodb/manifest.yml
index 4d1bde87bcc3..1b5a622d8f56 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/dynamodb/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/dynamodb/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS DynamoDB metrics
     description: Collect AWS DynamoDB metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/ebs/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/ebs/manifest.yml
index 603a3297f1da..ddc6369b0f60 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/ebs/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/ebs/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS EBS metrics
     description: Collect AWS EBS metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/ec2_metrics/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/ec2_metrics/manifest.yml
index c3e00bc017ea..59ceddadaf0f 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/ec2_metrics/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/ec2_metrics/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS EC2 metrics
     description: Collect AWS EC2 metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/ecs_metrics/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/ecs_metrics/manifest.yml
index 0802177748bd..73306c0da3e3 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/ecs_metrics/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/ecs_metrics/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS ECS metrics
     description: Collect AWS ECS metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/elb_metrics/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/elb_metrics/manifest.yml
index 1ac03889991a..5b1c38bb7543 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/elb_metrics/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/elb_metrics/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS ELB metrics
     description: Collect AWS ELB metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/emr_metrics/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/emr_metrics/manifest.yml
index d46f18d08cb8..c16c08193542 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/emr_metrics/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/emr_metrics/manifest.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
       - name: tags_filter
         type: yaml
         title: Tags Filter
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/firewall_metrics/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/firewall_metrics/manifest.yml
index 332e1e1173cf..417522f087ad 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/firewall_metrics/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/firewall_metrics/manifest.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
       - name: metrics
         type: yaml
         title: Metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/kinesis/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/kinesis/manifest.yml
index 309c5402419c..82ea4ed85024 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/kinesis/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/kinesis/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS Kinesis Data Stream metrics
     description: Collect AWS Kinesis Data Stream metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/lambda/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/lambda/manifest.yml
index 13fcf1f0da35..ea3d754b1403 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/lambda/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/lambda/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS Lambda metrics
     description: Collect AWS Lambda metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/natgateway/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/natgateway/manifest.yml
index 7623188a63ab..f321ee4f9032 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/natgateway/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/natgateway/manifest.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
       - name: tags_filter
         type: yaml
         title: Tags Filter
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/rds/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/rds/manifest.yml
index cb2f566c76ab..a52723fe2997 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/rds/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/rds/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS RDS metrics
     description: Collect AWS RDS metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/redshift/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/redshift/manifest.yml
index a645b610715e..64ba5350ca27 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/redshift/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/redshift/manifest.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
       - name: tags_filter
         type: yaml
         title: Tags Filter
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_daily_storage/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_daily_storage/manifest.yml
index 028b41325cf5..194bd377e6c2 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_daily_storage/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_daily_storage/manifest.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS S3 daily storage metrics
     description: Collect AWS S3 daily storage metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_request/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_request/manifest.yml
index 3c8def48812b..ebdfb0ab6491 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_request/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_request/manifest.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS S3 request metrics
     description: Collect AWS S3 request metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_storage_lens/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_storage_lens/manifest.yml
index 08d2b538b6e0..20b3a423dda3 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_storage_lens/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/s3_storage_lens/manifest.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS S3 Storage Lens metrics
     description: Collect AWS S3 Storage Lens metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/sns/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/sns/manifest.yml
index ff95083d52a0..361557a36258 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/sns/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/sns/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS SNS metrics
     description: Collect AWS SNS metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/sqs/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/sqs/manifest.yml
index e44f25fe95ad..bdb5aa8f9b2b 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/sqs/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/sqs/manifest.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS SQS metrics
     description: Collect AWS SQS metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/transitgateway/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/transitgateway/manifest.yml
index 1a8aadec1b50..ff51121e9444 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/transitgateway/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/transitgateway/manifest.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
       - name: tags_filter
         type: yaml
         title: Tags Filter
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/usage/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/usage/manifest.yml
index 963e3e6d92a6..f7928fdc75f4 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/usage/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/usage/manifest.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS usage metrics
     description: Collect AWS usage metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/data_stream/vpn/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/data_stream/vpn/manifest.yml
index 1466c2c69472..05eb6486c9c4 100644
--- a/packages/aws/data_stream/vpn/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/data_stream/vpn/manifest.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ streams:
         multi: false
         required: false
         show_user: false
-        default: false
-        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is false.
+        default: true
+        description: When include_linked_accounts is set to true, CloudWatch metrics will be collected from both linked accounts and the monitoring account. Default is true.
     title: AWS VPN metrics
     description: Collect AWS VPN metrics
diff --git a/packages/aws/manifest.yml b/packages/aws/manifest.yml
index 9a308134d084..8fd03d2285db 100644
--- a/packages/aws/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/aws/manifest.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 format_version: 1.0.0
 name: aws
 title: AWS
-version: 2.2.1
+version: 2.3.0
 license: basic
 description: Collect logs and metrics from Amazon Web Services (AWS) with Elastic Agent.
 type: integration