diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-external-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-external-docs.yml
index 468aec6e75..caa2e12f9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-external-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-external-docs.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,15 @@ jobs:
         if: github.repository_owner == 'expressjs'
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            - name: Set up Node.js
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+              with:
+                node-version: 20
             - name: Run scripts
-              run: bash ./get-contributing.sh && bash ./get-readmes.sh
+              run: |
+                bash ./get-contributing.sh
+                bash ./get-readmes.sh
+                node ./get-express-version.mjs  
             - name: Create Pull Request
               uses: gr2m/create-or-update-pull-request-action@v1
               env:
diff --git a/get-express-version.mjs b/get-express-version.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8f8766470b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get-express-version.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import path from 'node:path'
+
+const NPMURL = 'https://registry.npmjs.org/express'
+
+const response = await (await fetch(NPMURL)).json()
+
+const { next, latest } = response['dist-tags']
+
+try {
+  const filePath = path.resolve(path.join('_data', 'express.yml'))
+  let content = await readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
+
+  content = content.replace(/current_version: ".*"/, `current_version: "${latest}"`)
+  content = content.replace(/next_version: ".*"/, `next_version: "${next}"`)
+
+  await writeFile(filePath, content, 'utf8')
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error('Error updating versions in _data/express.yml:', error)
+}