diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 502a5cb..a5bc6ce 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
 
 if version.is_release:
-    version = version.release_string
     current_version = version.release_string
+    version = version.release_string
     versions = [('latest', f'{doc_root}/')]
 else:
     # Uncomment this if we want to use the in-development version