diff --git a/docs/examples.md b/docs/examples.md
index 414501f..d4aaa24 100644
--- a/docs/examples.md
+++ b/docs/examples.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ QuickFIX/J comes with several example applications located in the `quickfix/exam
 The QuickFIX/J version number can be determined by running the core JAR file from the command line:
 
 ```bash
-java -jar quickfixj-core-3.0.0.jar
+java -jar quickfixj-core-{{QUICKFIXJ_VERSION}}.jar
 
 # Output:
-# Version: 3.0.0
+# Version: {{QUICKFIXJ_VERSION}}
 ```
diff --git a/docs/overview.md b/docs/overview.md
index 88ab347..9e9a52e 100644
--- a/docs/overview.md
+++ b/docs/overview.md
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ To start using QuickFIX/J, add the following dependencies to your `pom.xml`. Qui
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.quickfixj</groupId>
     <artifactId>quickfixj-core</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0</version>
+    <version>{{QUICKFIXJ_VERSION}}</version>
 </dependency>
 
 <!-- FIX 4.4 Message Definitions (Add versions as needed) -->
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.quickfixj</groupId>
     <artifactId>quickfixj-messages-fix44</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0</version>
+    <version>{{QUICKFIXJ_VERSION}}</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/docusaurus.config.ts b/docusaurus.config.ts
index c1a1c94..0fa8e59 100644
--- a/docusaurus.config.ts
+++ b/docusaurus.config.ts
@@ -1,151 +1,201 @@
 import {themes as prismThemes} from 'prism-react-renderer';
 import type {Config} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type * as Preset from '@docusaurus/preset-classic';
+import type {Plugin} from 'unified';
+import type {Node} from 'unist';
+import type {Root} from 'mdast';
 
-const config: Config = {
-  title: 'QuickFIX/J',
-  tagline: 'The Open Source FIX Protocol Engine for Java',
-  favicon: 'img/favicon.png',
+const VERSION_PLACEHOLDER = '{{QUICKFIXJ_VERSION}}';
+const VERSION_FALLBACK = '3.0.1';
 
-  future: {
-    v4: true,
-  },
+async function fetchLatestVersion(fallback: string): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(
+      'https://api.github.com/repos/quickfix-j/quickfixj/releases/latest',
+      {headers: {'User-Agent': 'quickfixj-pages-docusaurus'}},
+    );
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      console.warn(`GitHub API returned ${response.status}, using fallback version ${fallback}`);
+      return fallback;
+    }
+    const data = (await response.json()) as {tag_name: string};
+    return data.tag_name.replace(/^v/, '');
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn(`Failed to fetch latest QuickFIX/J version: ${err}. Using fallback ${fallback}`);
+    return fallback;
+  }
+}
 
-  url: 'https://quickfixj.org', // Placeholder URL
-  baseUrl: process.env.BASE_URL || '/',
+// Remark plugin that replaces {{QUICKFIXJ_VERSION}} in all markdown text,
+// inline-code, and fenced-code-block nodes at build time.
+function versionReplacerPlugin(version: string): Plugin<[], Root> {
+  return () => (tree: Root) => {
+    function walk(node: Node & {value?: string; children?: Node[]}) {
+      if (
+        ['text', 'inlineCode', 'code'].includes(node.type) &&
+        typeof node.value === 'string'
+      ) {
+        node.value = node.value.replaceAll(VERSION_PLACEHOLDER, version);
+      }
+      if (Array.isArray(node.children)) {
+        node.children.forEach(walk);
+      }
+    }
+    walk(tree);
+  };
+}
 
-  organizationName: 'quickfix-j',
-  projectName: 'quickfixj',
+export default async function createConfig(): Promise<Config> {
+  const quickfixjVersion = await fetchLatestVersion(VERSION_FALLBACK);
 
-  onBrokenLinks: 'throw',
+  return {
+    title: 'QuickFIX/J',
+    tagline: 'The Open Source FIX Protocol Engine for Java',
+    favicon: 'img/favicon.png',
 
-  i18n: {
-    defaultLocale: 'en',
-    locales: ['en'],
-  },
+    future: {
+      v4: true,
+    },
 
-  markdown: {
-    mermaid: true,
-  },
+    url: 'https://quickfixj.org', // Placeholder URL
+    baseUrl: process.env.BASE_URL || '/',
 
-  themes: ['@docusaurus/theme-mermaid'],
+    organizationName: 'quickfix-j',
+    projectName: 'quickfixj',
 
-  presets: [
-    [
-      'classic',
-      {
-        docs: {
-          sidebarPath: './sidebars.ts',
-          editUrl: 'https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj-pages/edit/main/',
-        },
-        blog: false, // Disabling blog for a purely technical docs site
-        theme: {
-          customCss: './src/css/custom.css',
-        },
-      } satisfies Preset.Options,
-    ],
-  ],
+    onBrokenLinks: 'throw',
 
-  themeConfig: {
-    image: 'img/quickfixj-social-card.jpg',
-    announcementBar: {
-      id: 'quickfixj_news',
-      content:
-        '⚡ QuickFIX/J — The industry standard open source FIX engine for Java. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj">Star us on GitHub</a>',
-      isCloseable: true,
+    i18n: {
+      defaultLocale: 'en',
+      locales: ['en'],
     },
-    colorMode: {
-      defaultMode: 'dark',
-      disableSwitch: false,
-      respectPrefersColorScheme: true,
+
+    markdown: {
+      mermaid: true,
     },
-    navbar: {
-      title: 'QuickFIX/J',
-      logo: {
-        alt: 'QuickFIX/J Logo',
-        src: 'img/logo.png',
-        srcDark: 'img/logo-dark.png',
-      },
-      items: [
-        {
-          type: 'docSidebar',
-          sidebarId: 'docsSidebar',
-          position: 'left',
-          label: 'Documentation',
-        },
-        {
-          to: '/docs/architecture',
-          label: 'Core Concepts',
-          position: 'left',
-        },
-        {
-          to: '/docs/developer-docs',
-          label: 'Developer Guide',
-          position: 'left',
-        },
-        {
-          to: '/docs/acceptor-dynamic',
-          label: 'Advanced Topics',
-          position: 'left',
-        },
-        {
-          href: 'https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj',
-          label: 'GitHub',
-          position: 'right',
-        },
-      ],
+
+    themes: ['@docusaurus/theme-mermaid'],
+
+    customFields: {
+      quickfixjVersion,
     },
-    footer: {
-      style: 'dark',
-      links: [
-        {
-          title: 'Learn',
-          items: [
-            {
-              label: 'Overview',
-              to: '/docs/overview',
-            },
-            {
-              label: 'Architecture',
-              to: '/docs/architecture',
-            },
-            {
-              label: 'Configuration',
-              to: '/docs/configuration',
-            },
-          ],
-        },
-        {
-          title: 'Community',
-          items: [
-            {
-              label: 'Mailing List',
-              href: 'https://sourceforge.net/p/quickfixj/mailman/',
-            },
-            {
-              label: 'Stack Overflow',
-              href: 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/quickfixj',
-            },
-          ],
-        },
+
+    presets: [
+      [
+        'classic',
         {
-          title: 'More',
-          items: [
-            {
-              label: 'GitHub',
-              href: 'https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj',
-            },
-          ],
-        },
+          docs: {
+            sidebarPath: './sidebars.ts',
+            editUrl: 'https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj-pages/edit/main/',
+            remarkPlugins: [versionReplacerPlugin(quickfixjVersion)],
+          },
+          blog: false, // Disabling blog for a purely technical docs site
+          theme: {
+            customCss: './src/css/custom.css',
+          },
+        } satisfies Preset.Options,
       ],
-      copyright: `Copyright © ${new Date().getFullYear()} QuickFIX/J Contributors. Built with Docusaurus.`,
-    },
-    prism: {
-      theme: prismThemes.github,
-      darkTheme: prismThemes.dracula,
-      additionalLanguages: ['java', 'properties', 'bash'],
-    },
-  } satisfies Preset.ThemeConfig,
-};
+    ],
 
-export default config;
+    themeConfig: {
+      image: 'img/quickfixj-social-card.jpg',
+      announcementBar: {
+        id: 'quickfixj_news',
+        content:
+          '⚡ QuickFIX/J — The industry standard open source FIX engine for Java. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj">Star us on GitHub</a>',
+        isCloseable: true,
+      },
+      colorMode: {
+        defaultMode: 'dark',
+        disableSwitch: false,
+        respectPrefersColorScheme: true,
+      },
+      navbar: {
+        title: 'QuickFIX/J',
+        logo: {
+          alt: 'QuickFIX/J Logo',
+          src: 'img/logo.png',
+          srcDark: 'img/logo-dark.png',
+        },
+        items: [
+          {
+            type: 'docSidebar',
+            sidebarId: 'docsSidebar',
+            position: 'left',
+            label: 'Documentation',
+          },
+          {
+            to: '/docs/architecture',
+            label: 'Core Concepts',
+            position: 'left',
+          },
+          {
+            to: '/docs/developer-docs',
+            label: 'Developer Guide',
+            position: 'left',
+          },
+          {
+            to: '/docs/acceptor-dynamic',
+            label: 'Advanced Topics',
+            position: 'left',
+          },
+          {
+            href: 'https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj',
+            label: 'GitHub',
+            position: 'right',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      footer: {
+        style: 'dark',
+        links: [
+          {
+            title: 'Learn',
+            items: [
+              {
+                label: 'Overview',
+                to: '/docs/overview',
+              },
+              {
+                label: 'Architecture',
+                to: '/docs/architecture',
+              },
+              {
+                label: 'Configuration',
+                to: '/docs/configuration',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            title: 'Community',
+            items: [
+              {
+                label: 'Mailing List',
+                href: 'https://sourceforge.net/p/quickfixj/mailman/',
+              },
+              {
+                label: 'Stack Overflow',
+                href: 'https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/quickfixj',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          {
+            title: 'More',
+            items: [
+              {
+                label: 'GitHub',
+                href: 'https://github.com/quickfix-j/quickfixj',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+        copyright: `Copyright © ${new Date().getFullYear()} QuickFIX/J Contributors. Built with Docusaurus.`,
+      },
+      prism: {
+        theme: prismThemes.github,
+        darkTheme: prismThemes.dracula,
+        additionalLanguages: ['java', 'properties', 'bash'],
+      },
+    } satisfies Preset.ThemeConfig,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/index.tsx b/src/pages/index.tsx
index 0614edc..b59ca21 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/index.tsx
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ function TechStackSection() {
 }
 
 function QuickStartSection() {
+  const { siteConfig } = useDocusaurusContext();
+  const version = siteConfig.customFields?.quickfixjVersion as string;
   return (
     <section className={styles.quickStart}>
       <div className="container">
@@ -248,12 +250,12 @@ function QuickStartSection() {
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.quickfixj</groupId>
     <artifactId>quickfixj-core</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.quickfixj</groupId>
     <artifactId>quickfixj-messages-fix44</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0</version>
+    <version>${version}</version>
 </dependency>`}</code>
           </pre>
         </div>