diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 3ce57b2d8..ab2b56c35 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ rapids-print-env
 
 export RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
 export RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
-export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="24.12"
 export RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
 rapids-logger "Build cuSpatial CPP docs"
@@ -54,4 +53,4 @@ mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cuproj/html"
 mv _html/* "${RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR}/cuproj/html"
 popd
 
-rapids-upload-docs
+RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}" rapids-upload-docs
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 03c05e9c4..dfd0fe7e3 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ echo "${NEXT_FULL_TAG}" > VERSION
 for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
   sed_runner "/shared-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
 done
-sed_runner "s/RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER=\".*/RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER=\"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\"/g" ci/build_docs.sh
 
 DEPENDENCIES=(
   pylibcudf