diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/constants.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/constants.ts
index a3020e494844..765dbae40eac 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/constants.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const CONFIG_FILE_NAME = 'docusaurus.config.js';
 export const GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME = '.docusaurus';
 export const SRC_DIR_NAME = 'src';
 export const STATIC_DIR_NAME = 'static';
-export const STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME = 'assets'; // files handled by webpack
+export const OUTPUT_STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME = 'assets'; // files handled by webpack, hashed (can be cached aggressively)
 export const THEME_PATH = `${SRC_DIR_NAME}/theme`;
 export const DEFAULT_PORT = 3000;
 export const DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID = 'default';
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
index 84d37d15079b..e9863318ea4b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/base.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   getCustomBabelConfigFilePath,
   getMinimizer,
 } from './utils';
-import {STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME} from '../constants';
+import {STATIC_DIR_NAME} from '../constants';
 
 const CSS_REGEX = /\.css$/;
 const CSS_MODULE_REGEX = /\.module\.css$/;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function createBaseConfig(
         // Allow resolution of url("/fonts/xyz.ttf") by webpack
         // See https://webpack.js.org/configuration/resolve/#resolveroots
         // See https://github.com/webpack-contrib/css-loader/issues/1256
-        path.join(siteDir, STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME),
+        path.join(siteDir, STATIC_DIR_NAME),
         siteDir,
         process.cwd(),
       ],
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts
index fe5bfdce3bfd..8f897d25d72f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/utils.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ import {TransformOptions} from '@babel/core';
 import {ConfigureWebpackFn, ConfigurePostCssFn} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import CssNanoPreset from '@docusaurus/cssnano-preset';
 import {version as cacheLoaderVersion} from 'cache-loader/package.json';
-import {BABEL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME} from '../constants';
+import {
+  BABEL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME,
+  OUTPUT_STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME,
+} from '../constants';
 
 // Utility method to get style loaders
 export function getStyleLoaders(
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ export function getFileLoaderUtils(): Record<string, any> {
 
   // defines the path/pattern of the assets handled by webpack
   const fileLoaderFileName = (folder: AssetFolder) =>
-    `${STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME}/${folder}/[name]-[hash].[ext]`;
+    `${OUTPUT_STATIC_ASSETS_DIR_NAME}/${folder}/[name]-[hash].[ext]`;
 
   const loaders = {
     file: (options: {folder: AssetFolder}) => {