diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index a65382846..78d034b84 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 rapids-logger "Create test conda environment"
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 
-RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
+export RAPIDS_VERSION="$(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)"
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
@@ -28,11 +31,6 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install \
   "rmm=${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}" \
   "librmm=${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}"
 
-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)"
-
 rapids-logger "Build CPP docs"
 pushd doxygen
 doxygen Doxyfile