diff --git a/docs/index-custom-title-page.html b/docs/index-custom-title-page.html
index 7af50716913b4..baaa155a8913b 100644
--- a/docs/index-custom-title-page.html
+++ b/docs/index-custom-title-page.html
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ <h2>Bring your data to life</h2>
       </a>
     </p>
     <p>
-      <a class="inline-block mr-3" href="https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/8.6/whats-new.html">What's new</a>
-      <a class="inline-block mr-3" href="https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/8.6/release-notes.html">Release notes</a>
       <a class="inline-block mr-3" href="https://www.elastic.co/videos/training-how-to-series-stack">How-to videos</a>
   </p>
   </div>
diff --git a/docs/user/whats-new.asciidoc b/docs/user/whats-new.asciidoc
index 399de14d5f18c..e9d1faf845c6f 100644
--- a/docs/user/whats-new.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/user/whats-new.asciidoc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Here are the highlights of what's new and improved in {minor-version}.
 For detailed information about this release,
 check the <<release-notes, release notes>>.
 
-Previous versions: {kibana-ref-all}/8.4/whats-new.html[8.4] | {kibana-ref-all}/8.3/whats-new.html[8.3] | {kibana-ref-all}/8.2/whats-new.html[8.2] 
+Previous versions: {kibana-ref-all}/8.6/whats-new.html[8.6] | {kibana-ref-all}/8.5/whats-new.html[8.5] | {kibana-ref-all}/8.4/whats-new.html[8.4] | {kibana-ref-all}/8.3/whats-new.html[8.3] | {kibana-ref-all}/8.2/whats-new.html[8.2] 
 | {kibana-ref-all}/8.1/whats-new.html[8.1] | {kibana-ref-all}/8.0/whats-new.html[8.0]
 
 //NOTE: The notable-highlights tagged regions are re-used in the