diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 9d8668ec5d..ffb189725b 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ sed_runner "s|/[[:digit:]]\{2\}\.[[:digit:]]\{2\}\.[[:digit:]]\{1,2\}/|/${NEXT_F
 
 # This pattern is deliberately narrow: java/cuvs-lucene/README.md also links to a blog post whose
 # title contains a release number, and that reference must not be rewritten.
-sed_runner "s|<version>[[:digit:]]\{2\}\.[[:digit:]]\{2\}\.[[:digit:]]\{1,2\}</version>|<version>${NEXT_FULL_JAVA_TAG}</version>|g" java/cuvs-lucene/README.md
+for FILE in java/cuvs-lucene/README.md fern/pages/installation/java.md; do
+  sed_runner "s|<version>[[:digit:]]\{2\}\.[[:digit:]]\{2\}\.[[:digit:]]\{1,2\}</version>|<version>${NEXT_FULL_JAVA_TAG}</version>|g" "${FILE}"
+done
 
 sed_runner "s|target/examples-[\.0-9]*-jar|target/examples-${NEXT_FULL_JAVA_TAG}-jar|g" examples/java/cuvs-lucene/README.md
diff --git a/fern/pages/installation/java.md b/fern/pages/installation/java.md
index 70bc63b342..ef4e224d46 100644
--- a/fern/pages/installation/java.md
+++ b/fern/pages/installation/java.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ To use `cuvs-lucene` in a Maven project, add the following dependency to your `p
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.nvidia.cuvs.lucene</groupId>
   <artifactId>cuvs-lucene</artifactId>
-  <version>26.10.0</version>
+  <version>26.12.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```