diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index d12ccd90d3d..dd1bd1c3ea6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install mkdocs-material
       - run: pip install mkdocs-tooltips
       - run: pip install git+https://github.com/RedisLabs/mkdocs-include.git
-      - run: pip install mkdocs_latest_release_plugin
       - run: pip install git+https://github.com/swissiety/LspLexer4Pygments.git
       # grab latest release url of the JimpleLSP jar and download it
       - run: curl -s -L -o ./jimplelsp.jar $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/swissiety/jimpleLsp/releases/latest | grep 'browser_download_url".*jar"' | cut -d ':' -f 2,3 | tr -d \")
+      # replace version in .md files
+      - run: sed -i 's\{{ git_latest_release }}\'$(git tag --sort=committerdate | grep -E '[0-9]' | tail -1 | cut -b 2-7)'\g' *.md
       - run: mkdocs gh-deploy --force
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 7a72a682ae4..0d6610bfb85 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ plugins:
   - search
   - include:
       src_path: 'sootup.examples/src/test/java/sootup/examples'
-  - git-latest-release
 
 extra_css:
   - css/hint.min.css