diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 8ae7d65..681ca38 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-version = proj_config["project"]["version"]
-release = ".".join(version.split(".")[:2])
+release = proj_config["project"]["version"]
+version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:2])
 description = proj_config["project"]["description"]