diff --git a/src/functionalTest/gradle-projects/test-micronaut-module/src/main/docs/guide/introduction.adoc b/src/functionalTest/gradle-projects/test-micronaut-module/src/main/docs/guide/introduction.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b450204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/functionalTest/gradle-projects/test-micronaut-module/src/main/docs/guide/introduction.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+For testing...
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diff --git a/src/functionalTest/gradle-projects/test-micronaut-module/src/main/docs/guide/toc.yml b/src/functionalTest/gradle-projects/test-micronaut-module/src/main/docs/guide/toc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29a65739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/functionalTest/gradle-projects/test-micronaut-module/src/main/docs/guide/toc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+introduction:
+    title: Introduction
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/functionalTest/groovy/io/micronaut/build/ReleasesDropdownFunctionalTest.groovy b/src/functionalTest/groovy/io/micronaut/build/ReleasesDropdownFunctionalTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91b92268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/functionalTest/groovy/io/micronaut/build/ReleasesDropdownFunctionalTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package io.micronaut.build
+
+import java.nio.file.Files
+
+class ReleasesDropdownFunctionalTest extends AbstractFunctionalTest {
+
+    void "version dropdown is populated from github"() {
+        given:
+        withSample("test-micronaut-module")
+
+        and: 'we override the github slug to use micronaut-crac'
+        testDirectory.resolve("gradle.properties").toFile() << "githubSlug=micronaut-projects/micronaut-crac"
+
+        and: 'we copy the grails-doc-files.jar to the prepareDocsResources directory'
+        def path = Files.createDirectories(testDirectory.resolve("build/tmp/prepareDocsResources"))
+        def stream = ReleasesDropdownFunctionalTest.getResourceAsStream("/grails-doc-files.jar")
+        def target = path.resolve("grails-doc-files.jar")
+        Files.copy(stream, target)
+
+        when: 'we build the docs'
+        run 'docs'
+
+        and: 'we find all the version options in the dropdown'
+        def html = testDirectory.resolve("build/docs/guide/index.html").text
+        def versions = html.findAll("<option.+?value='https://micronaut-projects.github.io/micronaut-crac/([^/]+)") { match, version ->
+            version
+        }
+
+        then: 'there are more than 2, and 2 of them are latest and snapshot'
+        versions.contains('latest')
+        versions.contains('snapshot')
+        versions.size() > 2
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/functionalTest/resources/grails-doc-files.jar b/src/functionalTest/resources/grails-doc-files.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49b2c54e
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diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/micronaut/build/MicronautDocsPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/micronaut/build/MicronautDocsPlugin.groovy
index 2a12ed44..b964d473 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/micronaut/build/MicronautDocsPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/micronaut/build/MicronautDocsPlugin.groovy
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ abstract class MicronautDocsPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 outputIndex = layout.buildDir.file("working/05-dropdown/index.html")
                 versionsJson = githubApi.zip(slug) { api, ghSlug ->
                     try {
-                        byte[] jsonArr = api.fetchTagsFromGitHub(ghslug)
+                        byte[] jsonArr = api.fetchTagsFromGitHub(ghSlug)
                         return new String(jsonArr, "UTF-8")
                     } catch (Exception e) {
-                        task.logger.error("Exception fetching github tags for $ghSlug")
+                        task.logger.error("Exception fetching github tags for $ghSlug", e)
                         return "[]"
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/micronaut/build/utils/GithubApiUtils.java b/src/main/java/io/micronaut/build/utils/GithubApiUtils.java
index d1bec514..e9fa5521 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/micronaut/build/utils/GithubApiUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/micronaut/build/utils/GithubApiUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2017-2022 original authors
+ * Copyright 2017-2023 original authors
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static byte[] fetchTagsFromGitHub(Logger logger, String slug) {
 
     private static byte[] fetchFromGithub(Logger logger, String slug, String what) {
         String url = System.getProperty(GITHUB_API_BASE_URL_SYSTEM_PROPERTY, GITHUB_BASE_API_URL) + "/repos/" + normalizeSlug(slug) + "/" + what;
+        logger.lifecycle("Fetching " + what + " from " + url);
         try {
             return fetchFromGithub(logger, connectionForGithubUrl(logger, url));
         } catch (IOException ex) {