diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 4955fe08982..bfb782ef467 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rapids-print-env
 rapids-logger "Downloading artifacts from previous jobs"
 CPP_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 cpp)
 PYTHON_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 python)
-VERSION_NUMBER=$(rapids-get-rapids-version-from-git)
+VERSION_NUMBER="23.06"
 
 rapids-mamba-retry install \
   --channel "${CPP_CHANNEL}" \
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index ed63ea62076..e2d895388db 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ sed_runner "s/CUDF_TAG branch-${CURRENT_SHORT_TAG}/CUDF_TAG branch-${NEXT_SHORT_
 sed_runner "s/rmm==.*\",/rmm==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*\",/g" python/cudf/pyproject.toml
 sed_runner "s/cudf==.*\",/cudf==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*\",/g" python/dask_cudf/pyproject.toml
 
+# CI files
 for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
   sed_runner "/shared-action-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
   sed_runner "s/dask-cuda.git@branch-[^\"\s]\+/dask-cuda.git@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" ${FILE};
 done
+sed_runner "s/VERSION_NUMBER=\".*/VERSION_NUMBER=\"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\"/g" ci/build_docs.sh