diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index e43bb4339..d297979d5 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
     python: "3.11"
+  jobs:
+    post_checkout:
+      - git fetch --unshallow --tags || git fetch --tags
 python:
     install:
         - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 7d9ad8788..b97fa725d 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 copyright = "2021-%Y The DANDI Team"
 author = "The DANDI Team"
 
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-version = dandi.__version__
+# The released portion of the version
+version = dandi.__version__.split("+")[0]
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags and any local version segment
 release = dandi.__version__
 
 
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 
+html_title = f"{project} {version} documentation"
+
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #