diff --git a/changelog/v1.18.0-beta35/helm-doc-gen.yaml b/changelog/v1.18.0-beta35/helm-doc-gen.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b97b85471d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/v1.18.0-beta35/helm-doc-gen.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+changelog:
+  - type: NON_USER_FACING
+    issueLink: https://github.com/solo-io/solo-projects/issues/6888
+    resolvesIssue: false
+    description: >-
+      Update helm public docs generation to work from main branch and only pull in released changes
diff --git a/docs/cmd/generate_docs.go b/docs/cmd/generate_docs.go
index 0a5a61cd0d3..f0936f7de64 100644
--- a/docs/cmd/generate_docs.go
+++ b/docs/cmd/generate_docs.go
@@ -454,11 +454,9 @@ func fetchEnterpriseHelmValues(_ []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	version, err := semver.NewVersion(string(semverReleaseTag))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	minorReleaseTag := fmt.Sprintf("v%d.%d.x", version.Major(), version.Minor())
+
+	minorReleaseTag := "v" + string(semverReleaseTag)
+
 	files, err := githubutils.GetFilesFromGit(ctx, client, repoOwner, glooEnterpriseRepo, minorReleaseTag, path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/github-action-utils/version.go b/pkg/github-action-utils/version.go
index 167cbb7fe35..25189901f8e 100644
--- a/pkg/github-action-utils/version.go
+++ b/pkg/github-action-utils/version.go
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ func GetLatestEnterpriseVersion(repoRootPath string, repo string, owner string)
 		return err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	enterpriseVersion, err := version.GetLatestHelmChartVersionWithMaxVersion(version.EnterpriseHelmRepoIndex, version.GlooEE, true, maxGlooEVersion)
+	// get the latest version from the helm repo, include unstable versions so it works from the main branches
+	// for LTS branches, unstable versions will be filtered out by the version constraints
+	enterpriseVersion, err := version.GetLatestHelmChartVersionWithMaxVersion(version.EnterpriseHelmRepoIndex, version.GlooEE, false, maxGlooEVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}