diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-notifier.yml b/.github/workflows/release-notifier.yml
index bc7556ce..71ac344e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-notifier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-notifier.yml
@@ -80,13 +80,14 @@ jobs:
           month_day=$(printf "%04d" "$month_day")
 
           # create the filename
-          file_name="_posts/releases/${year}-${month_day:0:2}-${month_day:2:2}-v${semver}.md"
+          file_name="_posts/releases/${repo_lower}/${year}-${month_day:0:2}-${month_day:2:2}-v${semver}.md"
           mkdir -p "$(dirname "${file_name}")"
 
           # create jekyll blog post
           echo "---" > "${file_name}"
           echo "layout: release" >> "${file_name}"
           echo "title: ${{ github.event.repository.name }} ${tag_name} Released" >> "${file_name}"
+          echo "release-tag: ${tag_name}" >> "${file_name}"
           echo "gh-repo: ${{ github.repository }}" >> "${file_name}"
           echo "gh-badge: [follow, fork, star]" >> "${file_name}"
           echo "tags: [release, ${repo_lower}]" >> "${file_name}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
index d1212f65..ba84de86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-docs.yml
@@ -81,9 +81,16 @@ jobs:
             --arg description "${{ github.event.repository.description }}" \
             '{default_branch: $default_branch}')
 
+          # change the default branch to the latest release
           curl \
             -X PATCH \
             -H "Authorization: Token ${RTD_TOKEN}" \
-              https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/${RTD_SLUG}/ \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/${RTD_SLUG}/ \
             -d "$json_body"
+
+          # trigger a build for the latest version
+          curl \
+            -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: Token ${RTD_TOKEN}" \
+            https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/${RTD_SLUG}/versions/latest/builds/