diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 3b66b2304..2b8b52ebd 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -81,4 +81,3 @@ for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
   sed_runner "/shared-workflows/ s/@.*/@branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" "${FILE}"
 
 done
-sed_runner "s/RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER=\".*/RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER=\"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\"/g" ci/build_docs.sh