diff --git a/docs/getversion.py b/docs/getversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..115e18c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/getversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+def define_env(env):
+
+    @env.macro
+    def spades_version():
+        try:
+            lines = open("VERSION").readlines()
+            version = lines[0].strip()
+            # FIXME: dirty hack for current VERSION file
+            if version.find("dev") != -1:
+                version = "3.15.5"
+            return version
+        except:
+            return "3.15.5"
+
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index d13467cbe..5d2150164 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ SPAdes package contains assembly pipelines for isolated and single-cell bacteria
 Additional modes allow to discover bacterial plasmids and RNA viruses, as well as perform HMM-guided assembly.
 Besides, SPAdes package includes supplementary tools for efficient k-mer counting and k-mer-based read filtering, assembly graph construction and simplification, sequence-to-graph alignment and metagenomic binning refinement.
 
-SPAdes version 3.15.5 was released under GPLv2 on July 14th, 2022 and can be downloaded [here](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/latest/).
+SPAdes version {{ spades_version() }} was released under GPLv2 on July 14th, 2022 and can be downloaded [here](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/latest/).
 
 The latest SPAdes paper describing various pipelines in a protocol format is available [here](https://currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cpbi.102).
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 1b48ada32..c1f4e44e1 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ In case of successful installation the following files will be placed in the `bi
 
 ## Downloading SPAdes Linux binaries
 
-To download [SPAdes Linux binaries](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v3.15.5/SPAdes-3.15.5-Linux.tar.gz) and extract them, go to the directory in which you wish SPAdes to be installed and run:
+To download [SPAdes Linux binaries](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v{{ spades_version() }}/SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Linux.tar.gz) and extract them, go to the directory in which you wish SPAdes to be installed and run:
 
 ``` bash
-    wget https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v3.15.5/SPAdes-3.15.5-Linux.tar.gz
-    tar -xzf SPAdes-3.15.5-Linux.tar.gz
-    cd SPAdes-3.15.5-Linux/bin/
+    wget https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v{{ spades_version() }}/SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Linux.tar.gz
+    tar -xzf SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Linux.tar.gz
+    cd SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Linux/bin/
 ```
 
 In this case you do not need to run any installation scripts - SPAdes is ready to use. We also suggest adding SPAdes installation directory to the `PATH` variable.
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ Note, that pre-build binaries do not work on new Linux kernels.
 
 ## Downloading SPAdes binaries for Mac
 
-To obtain [SPAdes binaries for Mac](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v3.15.5/SPAdes-3.15.5-Darwin.tar.gz), go to the directory in which you wish SPAdes to be installed and run:
+To obtain [SPAdes binaries for Mac](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v{{ spades_version() }}/SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Darwin.tar.gz), go to the directory in which you wish SPAdes to be installed and run:
 
 ``` bash
-    curl https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v3.15.5/SPAdes-3.15.5-Darwin.tar.gz
-    tar -zxf SPAdes-3.15.5-Darwin.tar.gz
-    cd SPAdes-3.15.5-Darwin/bin/
+    curl https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v{{ spades_version() }}/SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Darwin.tar.gz
+    tar -zxf SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Darwin.tar.gz
+    cd SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}-Darwin/bin/
 ```
 
 Just as in Linux, SPAdes is ready to use and no further installation steps are required. We also suggest adding SPAdes installation directory to the `PATH` variable.
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ If you wish to compile SPAdes by yourself you will need the following libraries
 -   zlib
 -   libbz2
 
-If you meet these requirements, you can download the [SPAdes source code](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v3.15.5/SPAdes-3.15.5.tar.gz):
+If you meet these requirements, you can download the [SPAdes source code](https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v{{ spades_version() }}/SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}.tar.gz):
 
 ``` bash
-    wget https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v3.15.5/SPAdes-3.15.5.tar.gz
-    tar -xzf SPAdes-3.15.5.tar.gz
-    cd SPAdes-3.15.5
+    wget https://github.com/ablab/spades/releases/download/v{{ spades_version() }}/SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}.tar.gz
+    tar -xzf SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}.tar.gz
+    cd SPAdes-{{ spades_version() }}
 ```
 
 and build it with the following script:
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index bfd3c649a..f6d77f82f 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use_directory_urls: false
 theme:
   name: material
   logo: spades.png
+  favicon: spades.png
   palette:
     primary: white
   features:
@@ -38,3 +39,8 @@ markdown_extensions:
   - pymdownx.superfences
   - attr_list
   - md_in_html
+
+plugins:
+  - macros:
+        module_name: docs/getversion
+