diff --git a/ci/azure-pipelines.yml b/ci/azure-pipelines.yml
index 1c9a72a2..f3b74277 100644
--- a/ci/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/ci/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -200,7 +200,13 @@ stages:
 
         # Build and publish API docs on every merge build
         - job: jsdoc
+          dependsOn: displayenv
           condition: and(succeeded(),eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'IndividualCI'))
+          variables:
+            ${{ if eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master') }}:
+              jsdoc_release: master
+            ${{ if ne(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master') }}:
+              jsdoc_release: release-$(BuildData.MINOR_PACKAGE_VERSION)
           steps:
             - script: |
                 set -ev
@@ -239,9 +245,9 @@ stages:
                 git checkout -b gh-pages origin/gh-pages
                 git clean -xdf
 
-                mkdir -p $(Build.SourceBranchName)/api
-                rm -rf $(Build.SourceBranchName)/api/*
-                cp -r $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/jsdoc/gen/* $(Build.SourceBranchName)/api
+                mkdir -p $(jsdoc_release)/api
+                rm -rf $(jsdoc_release)/api/*
+                cp -r $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/jsdoc/gen/* $(jsdoc_release)/api
                 if [ -d $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/gh-pages ]; then
                   find . -maxdepth 1 ! \( -name [.]* -o -name 'gh-pages' -o -name 'master' -o -name 'release-*' \) -exec rm -rf {} \;
                   cp -r $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/gh-pages/* .
diff --git a/ci/templates/build-data.yaml b/ci/templates/build-data.yaml
index 3cd79236..bcd11e3d 100644
--- a/ci/templates/build-data.yaml
+++ b/ci/templates/build-data.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 steps:
 - script: |
     env | sort
+    # handle full version number
     VERSION=$(jq '.version' $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/package.json | sed -r "s/\"([0-9]?[0-9]\.[0-9]?[0-9]\.[0-9]?[0-9]).*/\1/")
     echo Current version in code is :${VERSION}:
     echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PACKAGE_VERSION;isOutput=true]${VERSION}"
+    # handle minor version
+    MINOR_VERSION=$(jq '.version' $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/package.json | sed -r "s/\"([0-9]?[0-9]\.[0-9]?[0-9])\.[0-9]?[0-9].*/\1/")
+    echo Current minor version in code is :${MINOR_VERSION}:
+    echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=MINOR_PACKAGE_VERSION;isOutput=true]${MINOR_VERSION}"
   name: BuildData
   displayName: 'Build data'
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