diff --git a/src/site/content/jakarta-ee.adoc b/src/site/content/jakarta-ee.adoc
index 4f5bab78a7..9bd4c2245f 100644
--- a/src/site/content/jakarta-ee.adoc
+++ b/src/site/content/jakarta-ee.adoc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The module is compatible with Java EE 8 through Jakarta EE 10 or later. It may w
 Include the `shiro-jakarta-ee` dependency in you application classpath (we recommend using a tool such as Apache Maven or Gradle to manage this).
 
 ++++
-<@dependencies.dependencies anchorId="cli" deps=[{'g':'org.apache.shiro', 'a':'shiro-jakarta-ee', "v":"${versions.latestRelease}"}] />
+<@dependencies.dependencies anchorId="cli" deps=[{'g':'org.apache.shiro', 'a':'shiro-jakarta-ee', "v":"${versions.latestAlphaRelease}"}] />
 ++++
 
 == Relationships between Jakarta EE and CDI / Jax-RS modules
diff --git a/src/site/data/releases.yaml b/src/site/data/releases.yaml
index abae29d7ab..7b53586910 100644
--- a/src/site/data/releases.yaml
+++ b/src/site/data/releases.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ---
 # for each release, update this variable with the latest version.
 latestRelease: "1.11.0"
+# for each alpha release, update this variable with the latest alpha version.
+# it can be dropped after shiro 2 goes final.
+latestAlphaRelease: "2.0.0-alpha-2"
 
 # also add or replace the latest version here.
 versionInfo:
diff --git a/src/site/templates/macros/versions.ftl b/src/site/templates/macros/versions.ftl
index 29d8fe6c83..0f617ebc91 100644
--- a/src/site/templates/macros/versions.ftl
+++ b/src/site/templates/macros/versions.ftl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <#assign latestRelease = data.get('releases.yaml').latestRelease>
+<#assign latestAlphaRelease = data.get('releases.yaml').latestAlphaRelease>
 <#assign versionInfo = data.get('releases.yaml').versionInfo>
 <#assign releases = data.get('releases.yaml').releases>
 <#assign oldReleases = data.get('releases.yaml').oldReleases>