diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 8f95207..6d3946c 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@
         config='docs/conf.py',
         outdir='docs',
         source=bld.path.ant_glob('docs/**/*.rst'),
-        VERSION=VERSION)
+        version=VERSION_BASE,
+        release=VERSION)
 
 def version(ctx):
     # don't execute more than once