diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 22fbf2d2d..878605248 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ define ver_date
 	-e "s/{{YEAR}}/${YEAR}/" $(1) || $(SED) -i -e "s/{{VER}}/DEV/g" -e "s/{{DATE}}/$(DATE)/g" $(1)
 endef
 
-ALL: Makefile package.json .$(VERSION) assets/classDiagram.svg dist/base.js dist/lips.js dist/lips.esm.js dist/lips.min.js dist/lips.esm.min.js README.md dist/std.min.scm dist/std.xcb docs/reference.json
+ALL: Makefile package.json .$(VERSION) assets/classDiagram.svg dist/base.js dist/lips.js dist/lips.esm.js dist/lips.min.js dist/lips.esm.min.js README.md dist/std.min.scm dist/std.xcb docs/reference.json docs/version.json
 
 dist/banner.js: src/banner.js src/lips.js .$(VERSION)
 	$(CP) src/banner.js dist/banner.js
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ dist/base.js: src/lips.js .$(VERSION)
 	$(SED) '/\/\*\*@license/,/\*\//d' < src/lips.js > dist/base.js
 	$(call ver_date,dist/base.js)
 
+docs/version.json: ./docs/version.mjs .$(VERSION)
+	$(NODE) ./docs/version.mjs
+
 dist/lips.js dist/lips.esm.js dist/lips.cjs: dist/banner.js dist/base.js .$(VERSION) rollup.config.js
 	$(ROLLUP) -c
 
diff --git a/docs/version.mjs b/docs/version.mjs
index 8c66a1a23..38abd62af 100644
--- a/docs/version.mjs
+++ b/docs/version.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
-fs.readFile('../package.json', 'utf8').then(json => {
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../package.json'), 'utf8').then(json => {
   const { version } = JSON.parse(json);
-  return fs.writeFile('version.json', JSON.stringify(version));
+  return fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, 'version.json'), JSON.stringify(version));
 });
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index 3a70f9a6b..1aa1b6a0b 100755
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ define ver_date
 	-e "s/{{YEAR}}/${YEAR}/" $(1) || $(SED) -i -e "s/{{VER}}/DEV/g" -e "s/{{DATE}}/$(DATE)/g" $(1)
 endef
 
-ALL: Makefile package.json .$(VERSION) assets/classDiagram.svg dist/base.js dist/lips.js dist/lips.esm.js dist/lips.min.js dist/lips.esm.min.js README.md dist/std.min.scm dist/std.xcb docs/reference.json
+ALL: Makefile package.json .$(VERSION) assets/classDiagram.svg dist/base.js dist/lips.js dist/lips.esm.js dist/lips.min.js dist/lips.esm.min.js README.md dist/std.min.scm dist/std.xcb docs/reference.json docs/version.json
 
 dist/banner.js: src/banner.js src/lips.js .$(VERSION)
 	$(CP) src/banner.js dist/banner.js
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ dist/base.js: src/lips.js .$(VERSION)
 	$(SED) '/\/\*\*@license/,/\*\//d' < src/lips.js > dist/base.js
 	$(call ver_date,dist/base.js)
 
+docs/version.json: ./docs/version.mjs .$(VERSION)
+	$(NODE) ./docs/version.mjs
+
 dist/lips.js dist/lips.esm.js dist/lips.cjs: dist/banner.js dist/base.js .$(VERSION) rollup.config.js
 	$(ROLLUP) -c