diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 2040d5f4..61f9eacc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -13,35 +13,48 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout master
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
       - name: Copy assets
-        env:
-          SOURCE_VER: ${{ 'v0.0.10' }}
-          KUSTOMIZE_VER: ${{ 'v0.0.8' }}
-          HELM_VER: ${{ 'v0.0.4' }}
-          NOTIFICATION_VER: ${{ 'v0.0.7' }}
         run: |
-          # source-controller CRDs
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/api/source.md" > docs/components/source/api.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/gitrepositories.md" > docs/components/source/gitrepositories.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/helmrepositories.md" > docs/components/source/helmrepositories.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/helmcharts.md" > docs/components/source/helmcharts.md
+          controller_version() {
+            sed -n "s/\(.*$1\/.*?ref=\)//p;n" "manifests/bases/$1/kustomization.yaml"
+          }
+
+          {
+            # source-controller CRDs
+            SOURCE_VER=$(controller_version source-controller)
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/api/source.md" > docs/components/source/api.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/gitrepositories.md" > docs/components/source/gitrepositories.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/helmrepositories.md" > docs/components/source/helmrepositories.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/source-controller/$SOURCE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/helmcharts.md" > docs/components/source/helmcharts.md
+          }
 
-          # kustomize-controller CRDs
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/$KUSTOMIZE_VER/docs/api/kustomize.md" > docs/components/kustomize/api.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/$KUSTOMIZE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/kustomization.md" > docs/components/kustomize/kustomization.md
+          {
+            # kustomize-controller CRDs
+            KUSTOMIZE_VER=$(controller_version kustomize-controller)
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/$KUSTOMIZE_VER/docs/api/kustomize.md" > docs/components/kustomize/api.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/$KUSTOMIZE_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/kustomization.md" > docs/components/kustomize/kustomization.md
+          }
 
-          # helm-controller CRDs
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/$HELM_VER/docs/api/helmrelease.md" > docs/components/helm/api.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/$HELM_VER/docs/spec/v2alpha1/helmreleases.md" > docs/components/helm/helmreleases.md
+          {
+            # helm-controller CRDs
+            HELM_VER=$(controller_version helm-controller)
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/$HELM_VER/docs/api/helmrelease.md" > docs/components/helm/api.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/$HELM_VER/docs/spec/v2alpha1/helmreleases.md" > docs/components/helm/helmreleases.md
+          }
 
-          # notification-controller CRDs
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/api/notification.md" > docs/components/notification/api.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/event.md" > docs/components/notification/event.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/alert.md" > docs/components/notification/alert.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/provider.md" > docs/components/notification/provider.md
-          curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/receiver.md" > docs/components/notification/receiver.md
+          {
+            # notification-controller CRDs
+            NOTIFICATION_VER=$(controller_version notification-controller)
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/api/notification.md" > docs/components/notification/api.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/event.md" > docs/components/notification/event.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/alert.md" > docs/components/notification/alert.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/provider.md" > docs/components/notification/provider.md
+            curl -# -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/$NOTIFICATION_VER/docs/spec/v1alpha1/receiver.md" > docs/components/notification/receiver.md
+          }
 
-          # install script
-          cp install/tk.sh docs/install.sh
+          {
+            # install script
+            cp install/tk.sh docs/install.sh
+          }
       - name: Deploy docs
         uses: mhausenblas/mkdocs-deploy-gh-pages@master
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yml b/.github/workflows/update.yml
index 5e26bf89..c7dfd147 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yml
@@ -18,18 +18,15 @@ jobs:
 
           bump_version() {
             local RELEASE_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/$1/releases | jq -r 'sort_by(.published_at) | .[-1] | .tag_name')
-            local CURRENT_VERSION=$(go list -m all | grep "github.com/fluxcd/$1/api" | awk '{print $2}')
+            local CURRENT_VERSION=$(sed -n "s/\(.*$1\/.*?ref=\)//p;n" "manifests/bases/$1/kustomization.yaml")
 
             if [[ "${RELEASE_VERSION}" != "${CURRENT_VERSION}" ]]; then
-              # bump go mod
-              go mod edit -require="github.com/fluxcd/$1/api@${RELEASE_VERSION}"
-
               # bump kustomize
               sed -i "s/\($1\/.*?ref=\).*/\1${RELEASE_VERSION}/g" "manifests/bases/$1/kustomization.yaml"
 
-              # bump doc var
-              if [[ $2 ]]; then
-                sed -i "s/\($2:\s*.{{\s*'\)\(v[0-9.]\+\)\('\s*}}\)/\1${RELEASE_VERSION}\3/" .github/workflows/docs.yaml
+              if [[ ! -z $(go list -m all | grep "github.com/fluxcd/$1/api" | awk '{print $2}') ]]; then
+                # bump go mod
+                go mod edit -require="github.com/fluxcd/$1/api@${RELEASE_VERSION}"
               fi
 
               PR_BODY="$PR_BODY- $1 to ${RELEASE_VERSION}%0A"
@@ -38,9 +35,10 @@ jobs:
 
           {
             # bump controller versions
-            bump_version helm-controller HELM_VER
-            bump_version kustomize-controller KUSTOMIZE_VER
-            bump_version source-controller SOURCE_VER
+            bump_version helm-controller
+            bump_version kustomize-controller
+            bump_version source-controller
+            bump_version notification-controller
 
             # add missing and remove unused modules
             go mod tidy