diff --git a/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/server.js b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/server.js
index 0b73c4c07..26522e520 100644
--- a/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/server.js
+++ b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/server.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from '@hashicorp/react-docs-page/server'
 import renderPageMdx from '@hashicorp/react-docs-page/render-page-mdx'
 import resolveNavData from './utils/resolve-nav-data'
+import fetchLatestReleaseTag from './utils/fetch-latest-release-tag'
 
 async function generateStaticPaths({
   navDataFile,
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ async function generateStaticProps({
   const githubFileUrl = remoteFile
     ? remoteFile.sourceUrl
     : `https://github.com/hashicorp/${product.slug}/blob/${mainBranch}/website/${filePath}`
+  // If this is a plugin, and if
+  // the version has been specified as "latest",
+  // determine the tag this corresponds to, so that
+  // we can show this explicit version number in docs
+  const latestReleaseTag =
+    pluginData?.version === 'latest'
+      ? await fetchLatestReleaseTag(pluginData.repo)
+      : pluginData?.version
   // For plugin pages, prefix the MDX content with a
   // label that reflects the plugin tier
   // (current options are "Official" or "Community")
@@ -64,6 +73,10 @@ async function generateStaticProps({
     if (pluginData?.isHcpPackerReady) {
       badgesMdx.push(`<PluginBadge type="hcp_packer_ready" />`)
     }
+    // Add badge showing the latest release version number
+    if (latestReleaseTag) {
+      badgesMdx.push(`<Badge label="${latestReleaseTag}" theme="light-gray"/>`)
+    }
     // If we have badges to add, inject them into the MDX
     if (badgesMdx.length > 0) {
       const badgeChildrenMdx = badgesMdx.join('')
diff --git a/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/fetch-latest-release-tag.js b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/fetch-latest-release-tag.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b1b10d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/fetch-latest-release-tag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+async function fetchLatestReleaseTag(repo) {
+  const latestReleaseUrl = `https://github.com/${repo}/releases/latest`
+  const redirectedUrl = await getRedirectedUrl(latestReleaseUrl)
+  if (!redirectedUrl) return false
+  const latestTag = redirectedUrl.match(/tag\/(.*)/)[1]
+  return latestTag
+}
+
+async function getRedirectedUrl(url) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const https = require('https')
+    const req = https.request(url, (res) => {
+      if (res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400) {
+        resolve(res.headers.location)
+      } else {
+        resolve(false)
+      }
+    })
+    req.on('error', reject)
+    req.end()
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = fetchLatestReleaseTag
diff --git a/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/resolve-nav-data.js b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/resolve-nav-data.js
index bc974b145..21e8ae518 100644
--- a/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/resolve-nav-data.js
+++ b/website/components/remote-plugin-docs/utils/resolve-nav-data.js
@@ -184,8 +184,10 @@ async function resolvePluginEntryDocs(pluginConfigEntry, currentPath) {
       path: urlPath,
       remoteFile: { filePath, fileString, sourceUrl },
       pluginData: {
+        repo,
         tier: parsedPluginTier,
         isHcpPackerReady,
+        version,
       },
     }
   })