diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7237ac8093a..747961f543a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -877,11 +877,14 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: "Require released code"
           command: |
-            echo Requiring released code snippets
-            echo "INCLUDE_RELEASED_CODE=1" >> docs/.env
             LAST_TAG="aztec-packages-v$(jq -r '.["."]' .release-please-manifest.json)"
-            echo Fetching latest released tag $LAST_TAG
-            git fetch origin --refetch --no-filter refs/tags/$LAST_TAG:refs/tags/$LAST_TAG
+            if git ls-remote --tags origin | grep "$LAST_TAG" > /dev/null; then
+              echo "Using code released from $LAST_TAG"
+              echo "INCLUDE_RELEASED_CODE=1" >> docs/.env
+              git fetch origin --refetch --no-filter refs/tags/$LAST_TAG:refs/tags/$LAST_TAG
+            else
+              echo "Skipping as $LAST_TAG is not yet published"
+            fi
       - run:
           name: "Build docs"
           command: build docs