diff --git a/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.stories.tsx b/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.stories.tsx
index 5cdf50c1..92873b5f 100644
--- a/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.stories.tsx
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ export const Default: Story = {
         { text: 'part1/', sourceId: '/part1/' },
         { text: 'part2/', sourceId: '/part1/part2/' },
       ],
-      versions: {
-        label: 'Branches',
-        versions: [
-          { label: 'master', sourceId: '/part1/part2/file.txt' },
-          { label: 'dev', sourceId: '/part1/part2/file.txt?branch=dev' },
-          { label: 'refs/convert/parquet', sourceId: '/part1/part2/file.txt?branch=refs/convert/parquet' },
-        ],
+      fetchVersions: () => {
+        return Promise.resolve({
+          label: 'Branches',
+          versions: [
+            { label: 'master', sourceId: '/part1/part2/file.txt' },
+            { label: 'dev', sourceId: '/part1/part2/file.txt?branch=dev' },
+            { label: 'refs/convert/parquet', sourceId: '/part1/part2/file.txt?branch=refs/convert/parquet' },
+          ],
+        })
       },
     },
   },
diff --git a/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx b/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx
index 9723af52..dafb75e3 100644
--- a/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx
@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@ describe('Breadcrumb Component', () => {
     expect(subdir2Link.closest('a')?.getAttribute('href')).toBe('/files?key=subdir1/subdir2/')
   })
 
-  it('handles versions correctly', () => {
+  it('handles versions correctly', async () => {
     const source = getHyperparamSource('subdir1/subdir2/', { endpoint })
     assert(source !== undefined)
-    source.versions = {
-      label: 'Versions',
-      versions: [
-        { label: 'v1.0', sourceId: 'v1.0' },
-        { label: 'v2.0', sourceId: 'v2.0' },
-      ],
+    source.fetchVersions = () => {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        label: 'Versions',
+        versions: [
+          { label: 'v1.0', sourceId: 'v1.0' },
+          { label: 'v2.0', sourceId: 'v2.0' },
+        ],
+      })
     }
 
     const config: Config = {
@@ -44,11 +46,11 @@ describe('Breadcrumb Component', () => {
         getSourceRouteUrl: ({ sourceId }) => `/files?key=${sourceId}`,
       },
     }
-    const { getByText, getAllByRole } = render(<ConfigProvider value={config}>
+    const { findByText, getAllByRole } = render(<ConfigProvider value={config}>
       <Breadcrumb source={source} />
     </ConfigProvider>)
 
-    const versionsLabel = getByText('Versions')
+    const versionsLabel = await findByText('Versions')
     expect(versionsLabel).toBeDefined()
     const versionLinks = getAllByRole('menuitem')
     expect(versionLinks.length).toBe(2)
diff --git a/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.tsx b/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.tsx
index 60c87350..4e691812 100644
--- a/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useConfig } from '../../hooks/useConfig.js'
-import type { Source } from '../../lib/sources/types.js'
+import type { Source, VersionsData } from '../../lib/sources/types.js'
 import { cn } from '../../lib/utils.js'
 import Dropdown from '../Dropdown/Dropdown.js'
 import styles from './Breadcrumb.module.css'
@@ -12,9 +13,21 @@ interface BreadcrumbProps {
 
 function Versions({ source }: { source: Source }) {
   const { routes, customClass } = useConfig()
+  const [versionsData, setVersionsData] = useState<VersionsData | undefined>(undefined)
 
-  if (!source.versions) return null
-  const { label, versions } = source.versions
+  useEffect(() => {
+    source.fetchVersions?.().then(
+      (nextVersionData) => {
+        setVersionsData(nextVersionData)
+      }
+    ).catch((error: unknown) => {
+      console.error('Error fetching versions:', error)
+      setVersionsData(undefined)
+    })
+  }, [source])
+
+  if (!versionsData) return null
+  const { label, versions } = versionsData
 
   return <Dropdown label={label} className={cn(styles.versions, customClass?.versions)} align="right">
     {versions.map(({ label, sourceId }) => {
@@ -40,7 +53,7 @@ export default function Breadcrumb({ source, children }: BreadcrumbProps) {
         <a href={routes?.getSourceRouteUrl?.({ sourceId: part.sourceId }) ?? ''} key={depth}>{part.text}</a>
       )}
     </div>
-    {source.versions && <Versions source={source} />}
+    {source.fetchVersions && <Versions source={source} />}
     {children}
   </nav>
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/sources/types.ts b/src/lib/sources/types.ts
index 1d342348..146e4ef6 100644
--- a/src/lib/sources/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sources/types.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export interface VersionsData {
 interface BaseSource {
   sourceId: string
   sourceParts: SourcePart[]
-  versions?: VersionsData
+  fetchVersions?: () => Promise<VersionsData>
 }
 
 export interface FileSource extends BaseSource {