diff --git a/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh b/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
index 71cf239516e4..dcdab94ffdee 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ env BUILD_IN_DOCKER=y \
 
 make checksum
 
+# unversioned names to avoid updating upstream Kubernetes documentation each release
+cp "out/minikube_${DEB_VERSION}-0_amd64.deb" out/minikube_latest_amd64.deb
+cp "out/minikube-${RPM_VERSION}-0.x86_64.rpm" out/minikube_latest.x86_64.rpm
+
 gsutil -m cp out/* "gs://$BUCKET/releases/$TAGNAME/"
 
 # Update "latest" release for non-beta/non-alpha builds