diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca25fd05ff..acec38fad0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITDATE "")
 
 set(OPENMW_VERSION "${OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE}")
 
-set(OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL "https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/stable/")
+set(OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL "https://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/")
 
 set(GIT_CHECKOUT FALSE)
 if(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git)
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 01efcd7c05..8bdead1357 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if (GIT_CHECKOUT)
             -DOPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION=${OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION}
             -DOPENMW_POSTPROCESSING_API_REVISION=${OPENMW_POSTPROCESSING_API_REVISION}
             -DOPENMW_VERSION=${OPENMW_VERSION}
+            -DOPENMW_DOC_BASEURL=${OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL}
             -DMACROSFILE=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/OpenMWMacros.cmake
             "-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}"
             -Dgenerator_is_multi_config_var=${multi_config}
@@ -617,7 +618,6 @@ endif()
 if (USE_QT)
     add_library(components_qt STATIC ${COMPONENT_QT_FILES} ${ESM_UI_HDR})
     target_link_libraries(components_qt components Qt::Widgets Qt::Core)
-    target_compile_definitions(components_qt PRIVATE OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL="${OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL}")
 
     if (BUILD_LAUNCHER OR BUILD_WIZARD)
         add_dependencies(components_qt qm-files)
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ endif()
 set(COMPONENT_FILES ${COMPONENT_FILES} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 target_compile_definitions(components PUBLIC BT_USE_DOUBLE_PRECISION)
+target_compile_definitions(components PRIVATE OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL="${OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL}")
 
 if(OSG_STATIC)
     unset(_osg_plugins_static_files)
diff --git a/components/misc/helpviewer.cpp b/components/misc/helpviewer.cpp
index 0ff4abb9d3..ebfca9ad14 100644
--- a/components/misc/helpviewer.cpp
+++ b/components/misc/helpviewer.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QUrl>
 
+#include <components/version/version.hpp>
+
 void Misc::HelpViewer::openHelp(const char* url)
 {
-    QString link{ OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL };
+    std::string_view docsUrl = Version::getDocumentationUrl();
+    QString link = QString::fromUtf8(docsUrl.data(), docsUrl.size());
     link.append(url);
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(link));
 }
diff --git a/components/version/version.cpp.in b/components/version/version.cpp.in
index 312520acbb..12192785b7 100644
--- a/components/version/version.cpp.in
+++ b/components/version/version.cpp.in
@@ -52,4 +52,11 @@ namespace Version
         return getVersion() == version && getCommitHash() == commitHash && getTagHash() == tagHash;
     }
 
+    std::string_view getDocumentationUrl()
+    {
+        if constexpr (std::string_view("@OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH@") == "@OPENMW_VERSION_TAGHASH@")
+            return OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL "openmw-@OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR@.@OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR@.@OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE@/";
+        else
+            return OPENMW_DOC_BASEURL "latest/";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/version/version.hpp b/components/version/version.hpp
index c05cf8a594..a8a8117dee 100644
--- a/components/version/version.hpp
+++ b/components/version/version.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace Version
     std::string getOpenmwVersionDescription();
 
     bool checkResourcesVersion(const std::filesystem::path& resourcePath);
+
+    std::string_view getDocumentationUrl();
 }
 
 #endif // VERSION_HPP