diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 3045f98695c..8e7cfc2c4b8 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install \
 rapids-logger "Install cugraph-dgl"
 rapids-mamba-retry install "${PYTHON_CHANNEL}/linux-64/cugraph-dgl-*.tar.bz2"
 
-export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="$(sed -E -e 's/^([0-9]{2})\.([0-9]{2})\.([0-9]{2})/\1.\2/' VERSION)"
-export RAPIDS_VERSION="$RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER"
+export RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
+export RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
+export RAPIDS_VERSION_NUMBER="$RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR"
 export RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
 for PROJECT in libcugraphops libwholegraph; do
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index ee5ae679b0c..241cb17804d 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ find_package(Doxygen 1.8.11)
 if(Doxygen_FOUND)
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT CUGRAPH_DOXYGEN
                        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doxygen
-                       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env "RAPIDS_VERSION=${RAPIDS_VERSION}" doxygen Doxyfile
+                       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env "RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR=${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}" doxygen Doxyfile
                        VERBATIM)
 
     add_custom_target(docs_cugraph DEPENDS CUGRAPH_DOXYGEN)