diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index b94c61cc184..8e22f02b484 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="$(rapids-generate-version)"
-
 export RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
 export RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
+export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="$RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR"
 
 rapids-logger "Create test conda environment"
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh