diff --git a/Makefile.js b/Makefile.js
index 1f353687398..a4b9f8bc4c1 100644
--- a/Makefile.js
+++ b/Makefile.js
@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ function generateRelease() {
     generateBlogPost(releaseInfo);
     commitSiteToGit(`v${releaseInfo.version}`);
 
+    echo("Updating version in docs package");
+    const docsPackagePath = path.join(__dirname, "docs", "package.json");
+    const docsPackage = require(docsPackagePath);
+
+    docsPackage.version = releaseInfo.version;
+    fs.writeFileSync(docsPackagePath, `${JSON.stringify(docsPackage, null, 4)}\n`);
+
     echo("Updating commit with docs data");
     exec("git add docs/ && git commit --amend --no-edit");
     exec(`git tag -a -f v${releaseInfo.version} -m ${releaseInfo.version}`);
diff --git a/docs/package.json b/docs/package.json
index 558d41f97a9..6137ce86a2e 100644
--- a/docs/package.json
+++ b/docs/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "docs-eslint",
     "private": true,
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "8.23.0",
     "description": "",
     "main": "index.js",
     "keywords": [],
diff --git a/docs/src/_data/eslintVersion.js b/docs/src/_data/eslintVersion.js
index cd60276b37a..24964276c0d 100644
--- a/docs/src/_data/eslintVersion.js
+++ b/docs/src/_data/eslintVersion.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const path = require("path");
 // Initialization
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const pkgPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../package.json");
+const pkgPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../package.json");
 const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, "utf8"));
 const { ESLINT_VERSION } = process.env;
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const { ESLINT_VERSION } = process.env;
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /*
- * Because we want to differentiate between the development branch and the 
+ * Because we want to differentiate between the development branch and the
  * most recent release, we need a way to override the version. The
  * ESLINT_VERSION environment variable allows us to set this to override
  * the value displayed on the website. The most common case is we will set