diff --git a/modules/primer/scripts/postpublish.js b/modules/primer/scripts/postpublish.js
index b8e9b7af..092ab475 100644
--- a/modules/primer/scripts/postpublish.js
+++ b/modules/primer/scripts/postpublish.js
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const {join} = require('path')
 
 const version = require('../package.json').version
-const path = join(__dirname, '../../../VERSION')
+const path = join(__dirname, '../../../primer-version.txt')
 fs.writeFileSync(path, version, 'utf8')
diff --git a/script/deploy-docs b/script/deploy-docs
index b71bb706..1237f75a 100755
--- a/script/deploy-docs
+++ b/script/deploy-docs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ set -e
 if [ -z "$NOW_TOKEN" ]; then
     echo "NOW_TOKEN is not set; skipping docs deployment"
 else
-    if [[ -e VERSION ]]; then
-        version=$(cat VERSION)
+    if [[ -e primer-version.txt ]]; then
+        version=$(cat primer-version.txt)
     else
         version=$(jq -r .version modules/primer/package.json)
     fi