diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/metadata.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/metadata.js
index 8b98d6a14d..37baef643a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/metadata.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__fixtures__/metadata.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'en-doc1',
     title: 'Document 1',
     source: 'doc1.md',
+    versioned_source: 'doc1.md',
     version: 'next',
     permalink: 'docs/en/next/doc1.html',
     localized_id: 'doc1',
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'en-doc2',
     title: 'Document 2',
     source: 'doc2.md',
+    versioned_source: 'doc2.md',
     version: 'next',
     permalink: 'docs/en/next/doc2.html',
     localized_id: 'doc2',
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'en-doc3',
     title: 'Document 3',
     source: 'doc3.md',
+    versioned_source: 'doc3.md',
     version: 'next',
     permalink: 'docs/en/next/doc3.html',
     localized_id: 'doc3',
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'en-reflinks',
     title: 'Reference Links',
     source: 'reflinks.md',
+    versioned_source: 'reflinks.md',
     version: 'next',
     permalink: 'docs/en/next/reflinks.html',
     localized_id: 'reflinks',
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'ko-doc1',
     title: '문서 1',
     source: 'doc1.md',
+    versioned_source: 'doc1.md',
     version: 'next',
     permalink: 'docs/ko/next/doc1.html',
     localized_id: 'doc1',
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'ko-doc2',
     title: '문서 2',
     source: 'doc2.md',
+    versioned_source: 'doc2.md',
     version: 'next',
     permalink: 'docs/ko/next/doc2.html',
     localized_id: 'doc2',
@@ -99,6 +105,7 @@ module.exports = {
     original_id: 'doc1',
     title: 'Document 1',
     source: 'version-1.0.0/doc1.md',
+    versioned_source: 'version-1.0.0/doc1.md',
     version: '1.0.0',
     permalink: 'docs/en/doc1.html',
     localized_id: 'version-1.0.0-doc1',
@@ -114,6 +121,7 @@ module.exports = {
     original_id: 'doc2',
     title: 'Document 2',
     source: 'version-1.0.0/doc2.md',
+    versioned_source: 'version-1.0.0/doc2.md',
     version: '1.0.0',
     permalink: 'docs/en/doc2.html',
     localized_id: 'version-1.0.0-doc2',
@@ -128,6 +136,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'ko-version-1.0.0-doc1',
     title: '문서 1',
     source: 'version-1.0.0/doc1.md',
+    versioned_source: 'version-1.0.0/doc1.md',
     version: '1.0.0',
     permalink: 'docs/ko/doc1.html',
     localized_id: 'version-1.0.0-doc1',
@@ -142,6 +151,7 @@ module.exports = {
     id: 'ko-version-1.0.0-doc2',
     title: '문서 2',
     source: 'version-1.0.0/doc2.md',
+    versioned_source: 'version-1.0.0/doc2.md',
     version: '1.0.0',
     permalink: 'docs/ko/doc2.html',
     localized_id: 'version-1.0.0-doc2',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/readCategories.test.js.snap b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/readCategories.test.js.snap
index 6dea2956a4..d830f529ba 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/readCategories.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/__snapshots__/readCategories.test.js.snap
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Array [
           "source": "doc1.md",
           "title": "Document 1",
           "version": "next",
+          "versioned_source": "doc1.md",
         },
         "type": "LINK",
       },
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ Array [
           "source": "doc2.md",
           "title": "Document 2",
           "version": "next",
+          "versioned_source": "doc2.md",
         },
         "type": "LINK",
       },
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ Array [
           "source": "doc3.md",
           "title": "Document 3",
           "version": "next",
+          "versioned_source": "doc3.md",
         },
         "type": "LINK",
       },
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ Array [
           "source": "reflinks.md",
           "title": "Reference Links",
           "version": "next",
+          "versioned_source": "reflinks.md",
         },
         "type": "LINK",
       },
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/docs.test.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/docs.test.js
index 80d7a51261..4639701ee0 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/docs.test.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/__tests__/docs.test.js
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ describe('mdToHtmlify', () => {
         id: 'subdir-doc3',
         title: 'Document 3',
         source: 'subdir/doc3.md',
+        versioned_source: 'subdir/doc3.md',
         permalink: 'docs/subdir/doc3.html',
         language: 'en',
       },
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/docs.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/docs.js
index 7b054d3628..f96bf47d65 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/docs.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/docs.js
@@ -69,17 +69,20 @@ function mdToHtmlify(oldContent, mdToHtml, metadata, siteConfig) {
     let mdMatch = mdRegex.exec(modifiedLine);
     while (mdMatch !== null) {
       /* Replace it to correct html link */
-      const docsSource = metadata.version
-        ? metadata.source.replace(/version-.*?\//, '')
-        : metadata.source;
+      const docsSource =
+        metadata.version && readMetadata.shouldGenerateNextReleaseDocs()
+          ? metadata.versioned_source.replace(/version-.*?\//, '')
+          : metadata.versioned_source;
       let htmlLink =
         mdToHtml[resolve(docsSource, mdMatch[1])] || mdToHtml[mdMatch[1]];
       if (htmlLink) {
         htmlLink = getPath(htmlLink, siteConfig.cleanUrl);
         htmlLink = htmlLink.replace('/en/', `/${metadata.language}/`);
         htmlLink = htmlLink.replace(
-          '/VERSION/',
-          metadata.version && metadata.version !== env.versioning.latestVersion
+          /\/VERSION\/(next\/)?/,
+          metadata.version &&
+            metadata.version !== env.versioning.latestVersion &&
+            readMetadata.shouldGenerateNextReleaseDocs()
             ? `/${metadata.version}/`
             : '/',
         );
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ function mdToHtmlify(oldContent, mdToHtml, metadata, siteConfig) {
 
   if (mdBrokenLinks.length) {
     console.log(
-      `[WARN] unresolved links in file '${metadata.source}' >`,
+      `[WARN] unresolved links in file '${metadata.versioned_source}' >`,
       mdBrokenLinks,
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/metadataUtils.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/metadataUtils.js
index f77ad092f0..047b12afa1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/metadataUtils.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/metadataUtils.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function mdToHtml(Metadata, siteConfig) {
   const result = {};
   Object.keys(Metadata).forEach((id) => {
     const metadata = Metadata[id];
-    if (metadata.language !== 'en' || metadata.original_id) {
+    if (metadata.language !== 'en') {
       return;
     }
     let htmlLink = baseUrl + metadata.permalink.replace('/next/', '/');
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function mdToHtml(Metadata, siteConfig) {
     } else {
       htmlLink = htmlLink.replace(docsRegex, `${baseDocsPart}VERSION/`);
     }
-    result[metadata.source] = htmlLink;
+    result[metadata.versioned_source] = htmlLink;
   });
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js
index 538c88a72f..42ff273849 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/readMetadata.js
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ function processMetadata(file, refDir) {
   metadata.source = subDir
     ? `${subDir}/${path.basename(file)}`
     : path.basename(file);
+  metadata.versioned_source = metadata.source;
 
   if (!metadata.title) {
     metadata.title = metadata.id;
@@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ module.exports = {
   getDocsPath,
   readSidebar,
   processMetadata,
+  shouldGenerateNextReleaseDocs,
   generateMetadataDocs,
   generateMetadataBlog,
 };
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/versionFallback.js b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/versionFallback.js
index 64df0f3f98..26053df44d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/versionFallback.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-1.x/lib/server/versionFallback.js
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ function processVersionMetadata(file, version, useVersion, language) {
   metadata.id = (env.translation.enabled ? `${language}-` : '') + metadata.id;
   metadata.language = language;
   metadata.version = version;
+  metadata.versioned_source = metadata.source.replace(
+    `version-${useVersion}`,
+    `version-${version}`,
+  );
 
   return metadata;
 }