diff --git a/resources/openapi/README.md b/resources/openapi/README.md
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+# Openapi
+
+### .version files
+The `*.version` files contain the path for the `version.json` file that will be used by the openapi publish workflow to
+get the context api version to be published to github pages.
diff --git a/resources/openapi/control-api.version b/resources/openapi/control-api.version
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+extensions/common/api/control-api-configuration/src/main/resources/version.json
diff --git a/resources/openapi/management-api.version b/resources/openapi/management-api.version
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+extensions/common/api/management-api-configuration/src/main/resources/version.json
diff --git a/resources/openapi/observability-api.version b/resources/openapi/observability-api.version
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+extensions/common/api/api-observability/src/main/resources/version.json
diff --git a/resources/openapi/sts-api.version b/resources/openapi/sts-api.version
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+extensions/common/iam/identity-trust/identity-trust-sts/identity-trust-sts-api/src/main/resources/version.json
diff --git a/resources/openapi/version-api.version b/resources/openapi/version-api.version
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+extensions/common/api/version-api/src/main/resources/version.json