diff --git a/ci/utils.py b/ci/utils.py
index 80f05c98c1ee8ddb419cc8202bba2ccfa90708d2..2ba8261330c5ebaf1b87d4adc939c56edc215582 100644
--- a/ci/utils.py
+++ b/ci/utils.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class SynnefoCI(object):
         self.logger.info("Build Synnefo documentation..")
         _run("pip install -U Sphinx", False)
         with fabric.cd("synnefo"):
-            _run("./ci/make_docs.sh synnefo_documentation", False)
+            _run("devflow-update-version; ./ci/make_docs.sh synnefo_documentation", False)
 
     def fetch_documentation(self, dest=None):
         if dest is None: