diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index 17fdf6a99c3..3f84df9ba55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
       - release/*
     tags:
       - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+
+      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 2f72a01d22d..423f0618f68 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
         version = ".".join(
             et_version_docs.split("/")[-1].split("-")[0].lstrip("v").split(".")[:2]
         )
+    elif et_version_docs.startswith("refs/heads/release/"):
+        version = et_version_docs.split("/")[-1]
 print(f"Version: {version}")
 html_title = " ".join((project, version, "documentation"))