diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bda639add..e716853ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
     "release": "run-s build docs:no-publish npm:release docs",
     "npm:release": "aegir exec --bail false npm -- publish",
     "release:rc": "aegir release-rc",
-    "docs": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=8192 aegir docs -- --exclude packages/interop --excludeExternals",
-    "docs:no-publish": "NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=8192 aegir docs --publish false -- --exclude packages/interop"
+    "update:version": "node scripts/update-version.js",
+    "docs": "npm run update:version && NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=8192 aegir docs -- --exclude packages/interop --excludeExternals",
+    "docs:no-publish": "npm run update:version && NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=8192 aegir docs --publish false -- --exclude packages/interop"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "aegir": "^41.0.0",
diff --git a/scripts/update-version.js b/scripts/update-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..209783268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import heliaPkg from '../packages/helia/package.json' assert { type: 'json'}
+import rootPkg from '../package.json' assert { type: 'json'}
+import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
+
+rootPkg.version = heliaPkg.version
+await writeFile(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url), `${JSON.stringify(rootPkg, null, 2)}\n`)