diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 710e049bec..a1f45b2a6a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ message(STATUS "Current git version ${CURRENT_GIT_VERSION}")
 set(FDB_PACKAGE_NAME "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}")
 set(FDB_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 set(FDB_VERSION_PLAIN ${FDB_VERSION})
-configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/versions.target.cmake ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/versions.target)
+configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/versions.target.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/versions.target)
 
 message(STATUS "FDB version is ${FDB_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "FDB package name is ${FDB_PACKAGE_NAME}")
diff --git a/documentation/CMakeLists.txt b/documentation/CMakeLists.txt
index 7899af2261..083f5abca3 100644
--- a/documentation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/documentation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ function(add_documentation_target)
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target}_done
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${out_dir} &&
+            FDB_VERSIONS_TARGET_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/versions.target
             ${python_command} ${SPHINX_COMMAND} -W -b ${target}
                               -d ${doctree} -c ${sphinx_dir}
                               ${sphinx_dir}/source
diff --git a/documentation/sphinx/conf.py b/documentation/sphinx/conf.py
index a026e213c6..75270bcd55 100644
--- a/documentation/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/documentation/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ copyright = u'2013-2021 Apple, Inc and the FoundationDB project authors'
 
 # Load the version information from 'versions.target'
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-version_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'versions.target')
+version_path = os.environ['FDB_VERSIONS_TARGET_PATH']
 tree = ET.parse(version_path)
 root = tree.getroot()
 
diff --git a/packaging/msi/MSIInstaller.wixproj b/packaging/msi/MSIInstaller.wixproj
index da46fbc9ba..0950120031 100644
--- a/packaging/msi/MSIInstaller.wixproj
+++ b/packaging/msi/MSIInstaller.wixproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)versions.target" />
+  <Import Project="$(OutDir)versions.target" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Release)' != 'true' ">
     <SuppressValidation>true</SuppressValidation>
     <PreReleaseDecoration>-PRERELEASE</PreReleaseDecoration>