diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3aaab12ef..060ca1b02 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('./_ext'))
 import recommonmark
 from recommonmark.transform import AutoStructify
 from sphinx.builders.html import StandaloneHTMLBuilder
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ author = 'The community of LVGL'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = 'v7.11.0-dev'
+# embeddedt: extract using scripts/find_version.sh
+
+version = subprocess.run(["../scripts/find_version.sh"], capture_output=True).stdout.decode("utf-8").strip()
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.