diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2f44f5fcd589..8876ca0adeeb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
     "crowdin:download:website": "yarn crowdin:download --language fr --language ko --language pt-BR --language zh-CN --language ja",
     "argos:screenshot": "yarn workspace argos screenshot",
     "canary": "yarn canary:bumpVersion && yarn canary:publish",
-    "canary:version": "echo 0.0.0-`git rev-list --count HEAD`+`git rev-parse --short HEAD`",
+    "canary:getCoreVersion": "node -p \"require('./packages/docusaurus/package.json').version\"",
+    "canary:version": "echo `yarn --silent canary:getCoreVersion`-canary-`git rev-list --count HEAD`+`git rev-parse --short HEAD`",
     "canary:bumpVersion": "yarn lerna version `yarn --silent canary:version` --exact --no-push --yes",
     "canary:publish": "yarn lerna publish from-package --dist-tag canary --yes --no-verify-access",
     "changelog": "lerna-changelog",