diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 60e8c70cf..fd9cab99c 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ lazy val docs =
                           )
                         )
                       else version.value),
-        "SCALA_VERSION" -> scalaVersion.value
+        "SCALA_VERSION" -> scalaVersion.value,
+        "HTTP4S_VERSION" -> Dependencies.Http4s.http4sVersion.value
       ),
       isCE3 := true,
       libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
diff --git a/modules/docs/src/01-overview/02-quickstart.md b/modules/docs/src/01-overview/02-quickstart.md
index 1a9783548..090783c4a 100644
--- a/modules/docs/src/01-overview/02-quickstart.md
+++ b/modules/docs/src/01-overview/02-quickstart.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ val example = project
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "com.disneystreaming.smithy4s" %% "smithy4s-http4s" % smithy4sVersion.value,
       "com.disneystreaming.smithy4s" %% "smithy4s-http4s-swagger" % smithy4sVersion.value,
-      "org.http4s" %% "http4s-ember-server" % "0.23.7"
+      "org.http4s" %% "http4s-ember-server" % "@HTTP4S_VERSION@"
     )
   )
 ```