diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
index 12ca18e162d6..9867f50932b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ jobs:
           pip --version
           pip install --disable-pip-version-check -r docs/requirements.txt
 
+          k0sSortVersion=$(./vars.sh FROM=. k0s_sort_version)
           mkdir -p build/cache/bin
-          curl -sSLo build/cache/bin/k0s_sort --retry 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/k0sproject/version/releases/download/$K0S_SORT_VERSION/k0s_sort-linux-amd64"
+          curl -sSLo build/cache/bin/k0s_sort --retry 5 --retry-all-errors "https://github.com/k0sproject/version/releases/download/$k0sSortVersion/k0s_sort-linux-amd64"
           chmod +x build/cache/bin/k0s_sort
           printf '%s\n' "$(realpath build/cache/bin)" >>"$GITHUB_PATH"