diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2808d2933..72fae9df6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 html_theme = 'napari'
 
 # Define the json_url for our version switcher.
-json_url = "https://napari.org/version_switcher.json"
+json_url = "https://napari.org/dev/_static/version_switcher.json"
 
 if version == "dev":
     version_match = "latest"