diff --git a/hack/release-quickstart.sh b/hack/release-quickstart.sh
index 04b79a3ef..813146dee 100755
--- a/hack/release-quickstart.sh
+++ b/hack/release-quickstart.sh
@@ -132,11 +132,15 @@ sed -i.bak '/us-central1-docker.pkg.dev\/k8s-staging-images\/gateway-api-inferen
 # Update the container registry for lora-syncer in vLLM CPU and GPU deployment manifests.
 sed -i.bak -E "s|us-central1-docker\.pkg\.dev/k8s-staging-images|registry.k8s.io|g" "$VLLM_GPU_DEPLOY" "$VLLM_CPU_DEPLOY"
 
+# Update IGW_CHART_VERSION in quickstart guide to match the current release tag
+GUIDES_INDEX="site-src/guides/index.md"
+sed -i.bak -E "s/export IGW_CHART_VERSION=v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-rc\.[0-9]+)?/export IGW_CHART_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG}/g" "$GUIDES_INDEX"
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Stage the changes
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-echo "Staging $VERSION_FILE $UPDATED_CRD $README $EPP_HELM $BBR_HELM $CONFORMANCE_MANIFESTS $VLLM_GPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_CPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_SIM_DEPLOY files..."
-git add $VERSION_FILE $UPDATED_CRD $README $EPP_HELM $BBR_HELM $CONFORMANCE_MANIFESTS $VLLM_GPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_CPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_SIM_DEPLOY
+echo "Staging $VERSION_FILE $UPDATED_CRD $README $EPP_HELM $BBR_HELM $CONFORMANCE_MANIFESTS $VLLM_GPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_CPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_SIM_DEPLOY $GUIDES_INDEX files..."
+git add $VERSION_FILE $UPDATED_CRD $README $EPP_HELM $BBR_HELM $CONFORMANCE_MANIFESTS $VLLM_GPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_CPU_DEPLOY $VLLM_SIM_DEPLOY $GUIDES_INDEX
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Cleanup backup files and finish
diff --git a/site-src/guides/index.md b/site-src/guides/index.md
index 15339aa95..6c7b2c528 100644
--- a/site-src/guides/index.md
+++ b/site-src/guides/index.md
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ Tooling:
 
       ```bash
       export GATEWAY_PROVIDER=gke
+      export IGW_CHART_VERSION=v1.0.1-rc.1
       helm install vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set inferencePool.modelServers.matchLabels.app=vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set provider.name=$GATEWAY_PROVIDER \
-      --version v1.0.1-rc.1 \
+      --version $IGW_CHART_VERSION \
       oci://registry.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/charts/inferencepool
       ```
 
@@ -102,10 +103,11 @@ Tooling:
 
       ```bash
       export GATEWAY_PROVIDER=istio
+      export IGW_CHART_VERSION=v1.0.1-rc.1
       helm install vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set inferencePool.modelServers.matchLabels.app=vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set provider.name=$GATEWAY_PROVIDER \
-      --version v1.0.1-rc.1 \
+      --version $IGW_CHART_VERSION \
       oci://registry.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/charts/inferencepool
       ```
 
@@ -113,10 +115,11 @@ Tooling:
 
       ```bash
       export GATEWAY_PROVIDER=none
+      export IGW_CHART_VERSION=v1.0.1-rc.1
       helm install vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set inferencePool.modelServers.matchLabels.app=vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set provider.name=$GATEWAY_PROVIDER \
-      --version v1.0.1-rc.1 \
+      --version $IGW_CHART_VERSION \
       oci://registry.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/charts/inferencepool
       ```
 
@@ -124,10 +127,11 @@ Tooling:
 
       ```bash
       export GATEWAY_PROVIDER=none
+      export IGW_CHART_VERSION=v1.0.1-rc.1
       helm install vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set inferencePool.modelServers.matchLabels.app=vllm-llama3-8b-instruct \
       --set provider.name=$GATEWAY_PROVIDER \
-      --version v1.0.1-rc.1 \
+      --version $IGW_CHART_VERSION \
       oci://registry.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/charts/inferencepool
       ```