diff --git a/docs/static_site/src/.htaccess b/docs/static_site/src/.htaccess
index 2cf7300946be..dabc51a41f2b 100644
--- a/docs/static_site/src/.htaccess
+++ b/docs/static_site/src/.htaccess
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ RewriteOptions AllowNoSlash
   
 </IfModule>
 
+# Set default website version to current stable (v1.6)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/versions/
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !mxnet.apache.org
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !mxnet.incubator.apache.org
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /versions/1.6/$1 [r=307,L]
+
 # TODO temporary fix for issue #18604
 Redirect 302 /api/r/docs/api/R-package/build/mxnet-r-reference-manual.pdf https://mxnet-public.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/docs/v1.x/mxnet-r-reference-manual.pdf
 Redirect 302 /api/scala/docs/api/ /versions/1.6/api/scala/docs/api/