diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e9e1abedc8..d5ac1c0ac7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ repos:
           (?x)^(
             ^cpp/tests/utilities/cxxopts.hpp
           )
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: update-versions
+        name: Update versions1.json
+        entry: python ci/utils/update_doc_versions.py
+        language: system
+        files: docs/cuopt/source/versions1.json
 
 
 default_language_version:
diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 3089358c97..127e390034 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ rapids-logger "Create test conda environment"
 
 ENV_YAML_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
+CUOPT_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR="$(rapids-version-major-minor)"
+export CUOPT_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR
+
 rapids-logger "Downloading artifacts from previous jobs"
 CPP_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-github cpp)
 PYTHON_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-github python)
diff --git a/ci/release/update-version.sh b/ci/release/update-version.sh
index 9c5f21a8ee..ea37fe83f7 100755
--- a/ci/release/update-version.sh
+++ b/ci/release/update-version.sh
@@ -57,57 +57,23 @@ DEPENDENCIES=(
 )
 
 for DEP in "${DEPENDENCIES[@]}"; do
-  for FILE in dependencies.yaml conda/environments/*.yaml python/*/pyproject.toml; do
-    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}/" "${FILE}"
+  for FILE in dependencies.yaml conda/environments/*.yaml; do
+    sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}\(\[.*\]\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*,>=0.0.0a0/g" "${FILE}"
   done
   for FILE in python/*/pyproject.toml; do
-    sed_runner "/-.* ${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}\(\[.*\]\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==.*/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*,>=0.0.0a0/g" "${FILE}"
+    sed_runner "/\"${DEP}==/ s/==.*\"/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.*,>=0.0.0a0\"/g" "${FILE}"
   done
   for FILE in docs/cuopt/source/*/quick-start.rst README.md; do
-    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}==\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\\*/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.\*/g" "${FILE}"
-    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}=\)[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\(\.[0-9]\+\)\?[^ ]*/\1${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.*/g" "${FILE}"
-    sed_runner "s/\(${DEP}:\)[0-9]\{2\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+-\)\(py[0-9]\+\)/\1${DOCKER_TAG}\2\3/g" "${FILE}"
+    sed_runner "/${DEP}\(-cu[[:digit:]]\{2\}\)\{0,1\}==/ s/==[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.\*/==${NEXT_SHORT_TAG_PEP440}.\*/g" "${FILE}"
+    sed_runner "/${DEP}=/ s/=[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\(\.[0-9]\+\)\?[^ ]*/=${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}.*/g" "${FILE}"
+    sed_runner "/${DEP}:/ s/:[0-9]\{2\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\+\(-cuda[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+-\)\(py[0-9]\+\)/:${DOCKER_TAG}\1\2/g" "${FILE}"
   done
 done
 
-# CMakeLists update
-sed_runner 's/'"VERSION [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"VERSION ${NEXT_FULL_TAG}"'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner 's/'"VERSION [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"VERSION ${NEXT_FULL_TAG}"'/g' cpp/libmps_parser/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION \"[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION \"${NEXT_MAJOR}\""'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner 's/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION \"[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION \"${NEXT_MINOR}\""'/g' cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-
-# Server version update
-sed_runner 's/'"\"version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/data_definition.py
-sed_runner 's/'"\"client_version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"client_version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/routing/data_definition.py
-sed_runner 's/'"\"client_version\": \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"\"client_version\": \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/linear_programming/data_definition.py
-
-# Doc update
-sed_runner 's/'"version = \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"version = \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' docs/cuopt/source/conf.py
-sed_runner 's/'"PROJECT_NUMBER         = [0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]"'/'"PROJECT_NUMBER         = ${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}"'/g' cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
-
 # Update project.json
 PROJECT_FILE="docs/cuopt/source/project.json"
 sed_runner 's/\("version": "\)[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]\.[0-9][0-9]"/\1'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'"/g' "${PROJECT_FILE}"
 
-# Update VERSIONS.json
-VERSIONS_FILE="docs/cuopt/source/versions1.json"
-# Only update if NEXT_FULL_TAG is not already present
-if ! grep -q "\"version\": \"${NEXT_FULL_TAG}\"" "${VERSIONS_FILE}"; then
-  # Remove preferred and latest flags, but keep the version entry and URL
-  sed_runner '/"name": "latest",/d' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-  sed_runner '/"preferred": true,\?/d' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-  # Remove trailing comma after "url": ... in all version entries
-  sed_runner 's/\("url": "[^"]*"\),/\1/' "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-  # Add new version entry with both preferred and latest flags
-  NEW_VERSION_ENTRY='    {\n      "version": "'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'",\n      "url": "../'${NEXT_FULL_TAG}'/",\n      "name": "latest",\n      "preferred": true\n    },'
-  sed_runner "/\[/a\\${NEW_VERSION_ENTRY}" "${VERSIONS_FILE}"
-fi
-
-# RTD update
-sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
-sed_runner "/^set(cuopt_version/ s/[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/${NEXT_FULL_TAG}/g" python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
-
 # Update nightly
 sed_runner 's/'"cuopt_version: \"[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]\""'/'"cuopt_version: \"${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}\""'/g' .github/workflows/nightly.yaml
 
@@ -121,6 +87,3 @@ for FILE in .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
   # CI image tags of the form {rapids_version}-{something}
   sed_runner "s/:[0-9]*\\.[0-9]*-/:${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}-/g" "${FILE}"
 done
-
-# PYTHON for RAPIDS
-sed_runner "/DOWNLOAD.*rapids-cmake/ s/branch-[0-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]/branch-${NEXT_SHORT_TAG}/g" python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/ci/utils/update_doc_versions.py b/ci/utils/update_doc_versions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c2a1e19a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/utils/update_doc_versions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Script to update versions1.json with new version from VERSION file.
+This script reads the current version from the VERSION file and adds it to versions1.json
+if it doesn't already exist, setting it as the latest and preferred version.
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def update_versions(version_file_path, versions_file_path):
+    """Update the versions list with the new version."""
+    # Read VERSION file
+    with open(version_file_path, "r") as f:
+        version = f.read().strip()
+    if not version:
+        raise ValueError("VERSION file is empty")
+
+    # Read versions1.json file
+    with open(versions_file_path, "r") as f:
+        versions = json.load(f)
+
+    # Check if version already exists
+    for version_entry in versions:
+        if version_entry.get("version") == version:
+            print(f"Version {version} already exists in versions1.json")
+            return False
+
+    # Remove "latest" and "preferred" from existing entries
+    for version_entry in versions:
+        if version_entry.get("name") == "latest":
+            version_entry.pop("name", None)
+        if version_entry.get("preferred"):
+            version_entry.pop("preferred", None)
+
+    # Create new entry for the current version
+    new_entry = {
+        "version": version,
+        "url": f"../{version}/",
+        "name": "latest",
+        "preferred": True,
+    }
+
+    # Add new entry at the beginning (most recent first)
+    versions.insert(0, new_entry)
+
+    # Write updated versions back to file
+    with open(versions_file_path, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(versions, f, indent=2)
+
+    return True
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main function to update versions1.json."""
+    # Get the repository root directory (assuming script is run from repo root)
+    repo_root = Path.cwd()
+
+    # Hard-coded file paths
+    version_file_path = repo_root / "VERSION"
+    versions_file_path = (
+        repo_root / "docs" / "cuopt" / "source" / "versions1.json"
+    )
+
+    # Update versions
+    update_versions(version_file_path, versions_file_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/cmake/rapids_config.cmake b/cmake/rapids_config.cmake
index 9b361d59fc..898680fe26 100644
--- a/cmake/rapids_config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/rapids_config.cmake
@@ -28,3 +28,18 @@ endif()
 
 set(rapids-cmake-version "${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}")
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/RAPIDS.cmake")
+
+file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../VERSION" _cuopt_version)
+if(_cuopt_version MATCHES [[^([0-9][0-9])\.([0-9][0-9])\.([0-9][0-9])]])
+  set(CUOPT_VERSION_MAJOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+  set(CUOPT_VERSION_MINOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+  set(CUOPT_VERSION_PATCH "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
+  set(CUOPT_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR "${CUOPT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CUOPT_VERSION_MINOR}")
+  set(CUOPT_VERSION "${CUOPT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CUOPT_VERSION_MINOR}.${CUOPT_VERSION_PATCH}")
+else()
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "\n  " _cuopt_version_formatted "  ${_cuopt_version}")
+  message(
+    FATAL_ERROR
+    "Could not determine cuOpt version. Contents of VERSION file:\n${_cuopt_version_formatted}"
+  )
+endif()
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 290016f902..76c856e0e5 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ rapids_cuda_init_architectures(CUOPT)
 
 project(
   CUOPT
-  VERSION 25.10.00
+  VERSION "${CUOPT_VERSION}"
   LANGUAGES CXX CUDA C
 )
 
-set(DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION "25")
-set(DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION "10")
+set(DEPENDENT_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION "${RAPIDS_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+set(DEPENDENT_LIB_MINOR_VERSION "${RAPIDS_VERSION_MINOR}")
 
 rapids_cmake_write_version_file(include/cuopt/version_config.hpp)
 # ##################################################################################################
diff --git a/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile b/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
index 12ae21c19a..cf86936a9c 100644
--- a/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/doxygen/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "libcuopt"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 25.10
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = "$(CUOPT_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR)"
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/cpp/libmps_parser/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/libmps_parser/CMakeLists.txt
index d6b87f03fa..33f0a7b581 100644
--- a/cpp/libmps_parser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/libmps_parser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ include(rapids-find)
 
 project(
   MPS_PARSER
-  VERSION 25.10.00
+  VERSION "${CUOPT_VERSION}"
   LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
diff --git a/python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
index 097082d709..a6ae668e7d 100644
--- a/python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cuopt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26.4 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-set(cuopt_version 25.10.00)
-
 include(../../cmake/rapids_config.cmake)
 include(rapids-cuda)
 rapids_cuda_init_architectures(CUOPT)
 
 project(
   cuopt-python
-  VERSION ${cuopt_version}
+  VERSION "${CUOPT_VERSION}"
   LANGUAGES # TODO: Building Python extension modules via the python_extension_module requires the C
             # language to be enabled here. The test project that is built in scikit-build to verify
             # various linking options for the python library is hardcoded to build with C, so until
@@ -31,8 +29,8 @@ project(
             C CXX CUDA)
 
 
-find_package(cuopt ${cuopt_version})
-find_package(mps_parser ${cuopt_version})
+find_package(cuopt "${CUOPT_VERSION}")
+find_package(mps_parser "${CUOPT_VERSION}")
 
 include(rapids-cython-core)
 rapids_cython_init()
diff --git a/python/cuopt/cuopt/__init__.py b/python/cuopt/cuopt/__init__.py
index c12a888281..ab52891e3c 100644
--- a/python/cuopt/cuopt/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cuopt/cuopt/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
     del libcuopt
 
 from cuopt import linear_programming, routing
-from cuopt._version import __git_commit__, __version__
+from cuopt._version import __git_commit__, __version__, __version_major_minor__
diff --git a/python/cuopt/cuopt/_version.py b/python/cuopt/cuopt/_version.py
index 6d6f1fa097..a89da8a08d 100644
--- a/python/cuopt/cuopt/_version.py
+++ b/python/cuopt/cuopt/_version.py
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@
     importlib.resources.files("cuopt").joinpath("VERSION").read_text().strip()
 )
 __git_commit__ = ""
+
+__version_major_minor__ = ".".join(__version__.split(".")[:2])
diff --git a/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
index c31ed89bef..1f46f31826 100644
--- a/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cuopt/cuopt/linear_programming/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26.4 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-set(cuopt_version 25.10.00)
-
 include(../../../../cmake/rapids_config.cmake)
 
 project(
   mpsparser-python
-  VERSION ${cuopt_version}
+  VERSION "${CUOPT_VERSION}"
   LANGUAGES # TODO: Building Python extension modules via the python_extension_module requires the C
             # language to be enabled here. The test project that is built in scikit-build to verify
             # various linking options for the python library is hardcoded to build with C, so until
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ option(CUOPT_BUILD_WHEELS "Whether this build is generating a Python wheel." ON)
 
 # If the user requested it we attempt to find MPS Parser.
 if(FIND_MPS_PARSER_CPP)
-  find_package(mps_parser ${cuopt_version})
+  find_package(mps_parser "${CUOPT_VERSION}")
 else()
   set(mps_parser_FOUND OFF)
 endif()
diff --git a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/__init__.py b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/__init__.py
index c8477dae4f..55a82de16f 100644
--- a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/__init__.py
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from cuopt_server import cuopt_service
-from cuopt_server._version import __git_commit__, __version__
+from cuopt_server._version import (
+    __git_commit__,
+    __version__,
+    __version_major_minor__,
+)
diff --git a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/_version.py b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/_version.py
index ba27ac7b05..d0c1ac4afc 100644
--- a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/_version.py
+++ b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/_version.py
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@
     .strip()
 )
 __git_commit__ = ""
+
+__version_major_minor__ = ".".join(__version__.split(".")[:2])
diff --git a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/data_definition.py b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/data_definition.py
index 4d4df04346..4fb5d8d2ce 100644
--- a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/data_definition.py
+++ b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/data_definition.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import jsonref
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, Field
 
+from .._version import __version_major_minor__
 from .linear_programming.data_definition import (  # noqa
     IncumbentSolution,
     LPData,
@@ -343,7 +344,10 @@ class LogResponseModel(StrictModel):
             "application/json": {
                 "examples": {
                     "Healthy response": {
-                        "value": {"status": "RUNNING", "version": "25.10"}
+                        "value": {
+                            "status": "RUNNING",
+                            "version": __version_major_minor__,
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/linear_programming/data_definition.py b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/linear_programming/data_definition.py
index 5c5ee7e6ee..30dcf8695f 100644
--- a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/linear_programming/data_definition.py
+++ b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/linear_programming/data_definition.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, Field, PlainValidator
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
+from ..._version import __version_major_minor__
+
 # INPUT DATA DEFINITIONS
 
 
@@ -853,7 +855,7 @@ class IncumbentSolution(StrictModel):
 managed_lp_example_data = {
     "action": "cuOpt_LP",
     "data": lp_example_data,
-    "client_version": "25.10",
+    "client_version": __version_major_minor__,
 }
 
 # cut and pasted from actual run of LP example data.
diff --git a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/routing/data_definition.py b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/routing/data_definition.py
index 03bc63f1ef..530af4712d 100644
--- a/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/routing/data_definition.py
+++ b/python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/utils/routing/data_definition.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import jsonref
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, Field, RootModel, root_validator
 
+from ..._version import __version_major_minor__
+
 
 class LocationTypeEnum(str, Enum):
     Depot = "Depot"
@@ -1026,7 +1028,7 @@ class InFeasibleSolve(StrictModel):
 managed_vrp_example_data = {
     "action": "cuOpt_OptimizedRouting",
     "data": vrp_example_data,
-    "client_version": "25.10",
+    "client_version": __version_major_minor__,
 }
 
 # cut and pasted from actual run of VRP example data.
diff --git a/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt b/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
index b997708876..85b7c98513 100644
--- a/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/libcuopt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,21 +15,19 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.30.4 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-set(cuopt_version 25.10.00)
-
 include(../../cmake/rapids_config.cmake)
 include(rapids-cuda)
 rapids_cuda_init_architectures(libcuopt-python)
 
 project(
   libcuopt-python
-  VERSION "${cuopt_version}"
+  VERSION "${CUOPT_VERSION}"
   LANGUAGES CXX CUDA
 )
 
 # Check if cuopt is already available. If so, it is the user's responsibility to ensure that the
 # CMake package is also available at build time of the Python cuopt package.
-find_package(cuopt "${cuopt_version}")
+find_package(cuopt "${CUOPT_VERSION}")
 
 if(cuopt_FOUND)
   return()