diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 589a7c9a9d9..7500233d0ce 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ general:
       - gh-pages # list of branches to ignore
 machine:
   node:
-    version: 5.1.0
+    version: 5.6.0
   environment:
     PATH: "~/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME/gradle-2.9/bin:$PATH"
     TERM: "dumb"
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@ dependencies:
     - buck/bin/buck fetch ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/shell
     - buck/bin/buck fetch ReactAndroid/src/test/...
     - buck/bin/buck fetch ReactAndroid/src/androidTest/...
-    # using npm@3 because of problems with shrink-wrapped optional deps installs on linux
-    - npm install -g npm@3.2
     - source scripts/circle-ci-android-setup.sh && getAndroidSDK
     - ./gradlew :ReactAndroid:downloadBoost :ReactAndroid:downloadDoubleConversion :ReactAndroid:downloadFolly :ReactAndroid:downloadGlog
-    - cd website && npm install
   cache_directories:
     - "ReactAndroid/build/downloads"
     - "buck"
@@ -34,6 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
     - "website/node_modules"
   override:
     - npm install
+    - cd website && npm install
 
 test:
   pre:
diff --git a/website/publish-gh-pages.js b/website/publish-gh-pages.js
index 2368f10cfc8..25e43d6ea4d 100644
--- a/website/publish-gh-pages.js
+++ b/website/publish-gh-pages.js
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ mkdir(`-p`, `build`);
 const currentCommit = exec(`git rev-parse HEAD`).stdout.trim();
 const latestTagCommit = exec(`git ls-remote origin latest`).stdout.split(/\s/)[0];
 // pass along which branch contains latest version so that gh-pages root could mark it as latest
-const branchWithLatestTag = exec(`git branch --contains latest`).stdout;
+const branchWithLatestTag = exec(`git branch -r --contains ${latestTagCommit}`).stdout.split('/')[1];
 let latestVersion = ``;
 if (branchWithLatestTag.indexOf(`-stable`) !== -1) {
-  latestVersion = branchWithLatestTag.slice(0, branchWithLatestTag.indexOf(`-stable`)).trim();
+  latestVersion = branchWithLatestTag.slice(0, branchWithLatestTag.indexOf(`-stable`));
 }
 
 if (!CI_PULL_REQUEST && CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME === `facebook`) {
diff --git a/website/src/react-native/versions.js b/website/src/react-native/versions.js
index 416dbc1eeab..fecf68d5e17 100644
--- a/website/src/react-native/versions.js
+++ b/website/src/react-native/versions.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var versions = React.createClass({
     ].concat(availableDocs.map((version) => {
       const isLatest =  Metadata.config.RN_LATEST_VERSION === version;
       return {
-        title: isLatest ? `${version} + (current)` : version,
+        title: isLatest ? `${version} (current)` : version,
         path: isLatest ? '/react-native' : '/react-native/releases/' + version
       }
     }));