diff --git a/_layouts/base.html b/_layouts/base.html
index 4243f602d77..53e98960462 100644
--- a/_layouts/base.html
+++ b/_layouts/base.html
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 layout: compress
 ---
 
-{% assign version = jekyll.version | split:'.' %}
-{% assign major = v[0] %}
-{% assign minor = v[1] %}
-{% assign patch = v[2] %}
-
 {% assign plugins = site.plugins | default:site.gems %}
 
 {% assign author = site.data.authors[page.author] | default:site.data.authors.first[1] | default:site.author %}
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
index 7c8dc0b2cec..adf71490f65 100644
--- a/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 layout: base
 ---
 
+{% assign version = jekyll.version | split:'.' %}
+{% assign major = version[0] | plus:0 %}
+{% assign minor = version[1] | plus:0 %}
+{% assign patch = version[2] | plus:0 %}
+
 {% include_cached components/post.html post=page no_link_title=true no_excerpt=true hide_image=page.hide_image hide_description=page.hide_description %}
 
 {% include components/dingbat.html %}