diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index b8286e7d..2bdc8cee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ jobs:
           echo $MOD_VERSION
           sed -i "s/^version = \"$VERSION\"/version = \"$MOD_VERSION\"/" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pyproject.toml
 
+      - name: Change version for release build
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        run: |
+          OLD_VERSION=`sed -n 's/^version = "\(.*\)".*/\1/p' $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pyproject.toml`
+          NEW_VERSION=`echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/} | sed -n 's/^v\(.*\)/\1/p'`
+          echo $NEW_VERSION
+          sed -i "s/^version = \"$OLD_VERSION\"/version = \"$NEW_VERSION\"/" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pyproject.toml
+
       - name: build Sphinx docs
         run: poetry run sphinx-build -b html $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/docs $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/_build