diff --git a/docs/src/_data/config.json b/docs/src/_data/config.json
index 9bd751d1809..e915add1e40 100644
--- a/docs/src/_data/config.json
+++ b/docs/src/_data/config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
     "lang": "en",
     "version": "7.26.0",
-    "showNextVersion": false
+    "showNextVersion": true
 }
diff --git a/docs/tools/validate-links.js b/docs/tools/validate-links.js
index 4d88ee7526a..b1e7036c730 100644
--- a/docs/tools/validate-links.js
+++ b/docs/tools/validate-links.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const skipPatterns = [
     "/team",
     "/donate",
     "/docs/latest",
+    "/docs/next",
     'src="null"'
 ];