diff --git a/apps/docs/src/app/layout.tsx b/apps/docs/src/app/layout.tsx
index 4ee54ff1d2..8d5150683f 100644
--- a/apps/docs/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/docs/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ export default async function MainRootLayout(
   props: PropsWithChildren
 ): Promise<ReactElement> {
   const { children } = props;
-  const { version } = await import("@react-md/core/package.json").then(
-    (pkg) => pkg.default
-  );
   const headersInstance = headers();
+  const version = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_RMD_VERSION;
   const isMac = !!headersInstance.get("user-agent")?.includes("Mac");
   const { prismStyles, themeStyles, ...providerProps } =
     await getInitialState();
diff --git a/apps/docs/src/components/RootLayout/VersionDropdown.tsx b/apps/docs/src/components/RootLayout/VersionDropdown.tsx
index 98bab8e0b6..0e9c39e9a1 100644
--- a/apps/docs/src/components/RootLayout/VersionDropdown.tsx
+++ b/apps/docs/src/components/RootLayout/VersionDropdown.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { type ReactElement } from "react";
 import styles from "./VersionDropdown.module.scss";
 import { VersionMenuItem } from "./VersionMenuItem.jsx";
 
+// I might just want to start @react-md/core at v6
+const MAJOR_VERSIONS_BEFORE = 5;
+
 export interface VersionDropdownProps extends SemVer {
   version: string;
   isHiddenOnPhone?: boolean;
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ export function VersionDropdown(props: VersionDropdownProps): ReactElement {
   const { version, major, minor, patch, alpha, isHiddenOnPhone } = props;
   const isAlphaPreview = alpha !== null;
   const isMajorPreview = minor === 0 && patch === 0 && isAlphaPreview;
-  const previousCount = major - 1;
+  const previousCount = MAJOR_VERSIONS_BEFORE + major - 1;
   return (
     <DropdownMenu
       className={cnb(isHiddenOnPhone && styles.dropdown)}