diff --git a/Installation/Jenkins/build.sh b/Installation/Jenkins/build.sh
index d4fba0f23e..735859fb6e 100755
--- a/Installation/Jenkins/build.sh
+++ b/Installation/Jenkins/build.sh
@@ -675,9 +675,8 @@ if test -n "${DOWNLOAD_SYNCER_USER}"; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC2064
     trap "curl -s -X DELETE \"https://$DOWNLOAD_SYNCER_USER@api.github.com/authorizations/${OAUTH_ID}\"" EXIT
 
-    if test -f "${SRC}/SYNCER_REV"; then
-        SYNCER_REV=$(cat "${SRC}/SYNCER_REV")
-    else
+    SYNCER_REV=$(grep "SYNCER_REV" "${SRC}/VERSIONS" |sed 's;.*"\([0-9a-zA-Z.]*\)".*;\1;')
+    if test "${SYNCER_REV}" == "latest"; then
         SYNCER_REV=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/arangodb/arangosync/releases?access_token=${OAUTH_TOKEN}" | \
                              grep tag_name | \
                              head -n 1 | \
@@ -739,9 +738,8 @@ if test -n "${DOWNLOAD_SYNCER_USER}"; then
 fi
 
 if test "${DOWNLOAD_STARTER}" == 1; then
-    if test -f "${SRC}/STARTER_REV"; then
-        STARTER_REV=$(cat "${SRC}/STARTER_REV")
-    else
+    STARTER_REV=$(grep "STARTER_REV"  "${SRC}/VERSIONS" |sed 's;.*"\([0-9a-zA-Z.]*\)".*;\1;')
+    if test "${STARTER_REV}" == "latest"; then
         # we utilize https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/ to get the newest release:
         STARTER_REV=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/arangodb-helper/arangodb/releases | \
                              grep tag_name | \
diff --git a/Installation/release.sh b/Installation/release.sh
index ca28a69504..d23f863153 100755
--- a/Installation/release.sh
+++ b/Installation/release.sh
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ if test -z "${SYNCER_REV}"; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "${SYNCER_REV}" > SYNCER_REV
-
+sed -i VERSIONS -e "s;SYNCER_REV.*;SYNCER_REV \"${SYNCER_REV}\";"
 
 GITSHA=$(git log -n1 --pretty='%h')
 if git describe --exact-match --tags "${GITSHA}"; then
@@ -261,10 +260,11 @@ if [ "$LINT" == "1" ]; then
 fi
 
 # we utilize https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/ to get the newest release of the arangodb starter:
-curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/arangodb-helper/arangodb/releases | \
+STARTER_REV=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/arangodb-helper/arangodb/releases | \
                          grep tag_name | \
                          head -n 1 | \
-                         ${SED} -e "s;.*: ;;" -e 's;";;g' -e 's;,;;' > STARTER_REV
+                         ${SED} -e "s;.*: ;;" -e 's;";;g' -e 's;,;;')
+sed -i VERSIONS -e "s;STARTER_REV.*;STARTER_REV \"${STARTER_REV}\";"
 
 git add -f \
     README \
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ git add -f \
     lib/Basics/voc-errors.cpp \
     js/common/bootstrap/errors.js \
     CMakeLists.txt \
-    STARTER_REV \
-    SYNCER_REV
+    VERSIONS
 
 if [ "$EXAMPLES" == "1" ];  then
     echo "EXAMPLES"
diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index 54b6742125..7edc6b9366 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+STARTER_REV "latest"
+SYNCER_REV "latest"
 GSEARCH_ID_HTTP     "010085642145132923492:fixi4yzeiz8"
 GSEARCH_ID_AQL      "010085642145132923492:6ymjhhr677k"
 GSEARCH_ID_Manual   "010085642145132923492:djexw6vlsgo"
 GSEARCH_ID_Cookbook "010085642145132923492:nknyifjn7tu"
 GCHANGE_FREQ "daily"
 GPRIORITY "0.3"
-BROWSEABLE_VERSIONS "'devel', '3.2', '3.1', '3.0', '2.8'"
+BROWSEABLE_VERSIONS "'devel', '3.2', '3.1', '3.0', '2.8'"
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