diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 31bb8ce214c..cd95a730443 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -856,8 +856,11 @@ jobs:
           name: "Configure build for master"
           command: |
             if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" == "master" ]; then
-              echo "Configuring build for master"
+              echo Configuring build for master
               echo "INCLUDE_RELEASED_CODE=1" >> docs/.env
+              LAST_TAG="aztec-packages-v$(jq -r '.["."]' .release-please-manifest.json)"
+              echo Fetching latest released tag $LAST_TAG
+              git fetch origin --refetch --no-filter refs/tags/$LAST_TAG:refs/tags/$LAST_TAG
             fi
       - run:
           name: "Build docs"
diff --git a/docs/Dockerfile.dockerignore b/docs/Dockerfile.dockerignore
index 68acaf472fa..ab13fbd2925 100644
--- a/docs/Dockerfile.dockerignore
+++ b/docs/Dockerfile.dockerignore
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ docs/node_modules
 !barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg
 !circuits/cpp/src
 !.release-please-manifest.json
-!boxes
\ No newline at end of file
+!boxes
+
+# Docs build fetches code snippets from the last release using git show.
+!.git
\ No newline at end of file