diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-update.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-update.yml
index 8e4d0951c..11a660bb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-update.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ needs.set-versions.outputs.max }}
     - id: versions
       run: |
-        mike_version=$(python ./scripts/check-version.py ${{ env.GITHUB_REF }})
+        mike_version=$(python ./scripts/mike_version_parse.py ${{ env.GITHUB_REF }})
         echo "mver=$mike_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   deploy-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/scripts/mike_version_parse.py b/scripts/mike_version_parse.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ca088f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mike_version_parse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Parsing of tags for mike."""
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    assert len(sys.argv) == 2
+    revision = sys.argv[1]
+
+    components = revision.split('/')
+    assert len(components) == 3
+    if components[1] == 'heads' and components[2] == 'develop':
+        print('latest')  # noqa: T201
+        sys.exit(0)
+    elif components[1] == 'tags' and components[2][0] == 'v':
+        versions = components[2][1:].split('.')
+        if 'rc' in components[2][1:]:
+            print(components[2][1:])  # noqa: T201
+        else:
+            print(f'{versions[0]}.{versions[1]}')  # noqa: T201
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+sys.exit(1)