diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10b1bbc7..11227c54 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 apps/frontpage/content/docs
 apps/frontpage/content/snippets
 apps/frontpage/generated-redirects.json
+apps/frontpage/generated-versions.json
 apps/frontpage/public/docs-assets
 
 # ui
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53aa3249..4ebfdf21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ This project is structured around [Turborepo](https://turbo.build/repo). This do
 
 > Generate redirects file
 
+#### `npx turbo generate-versions`
+
+> Generate Storybook version metadata from npm dist-tags
+
 #### `npx turbo dev`
 
 > Run all apps locally
diff --git a/apps/frontpage/app/versions/route.ts b/apps/frontpage/app/versions/route.ts
index ea6951d2..48c87be9 100644
--- a/apps/frontpage/app/versions/route.ts
+++ b/apps/frontpage/app/versions/route.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import crypto from 'node:crypto';
-import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import path from 'node:path';
 import { headers } from 'next/headers';
 import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server';
 import { BigQuery } from '@google-cloud/bigquery';
 import { parse as semverParse } from 'semver';
-import { latestVersion } from '@repo/utils';
+import { readGeneratedVersions } from '../../lib/generated-versions';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape, prefer-named-capture-group -- Escape is absolutely necessary for regex?
 const SEP_REGEX = /([\.:])/;
@@ -15,13 +13,6 @@ const logger = { log: (..._msgs: unknown[]) => {} };
 
 const { GCP_CREDENTIALS, SKIP_IP_HASH } = process.env;
 
-const versionFilesDir = path.join(
-  process.cwd(),
-  'content/docs',
-  latestVersion.id,
-  'versions',
-);
-
 const md5 = (host: string) => {
   const hash = crypto.createHash('md5');
   hash.update(host);
@@ -99,27 +90,10 @@ const log = async (searchParams: URLSearchParams) => {
   await table.insert([row]);
 };
 
-type DistTag = 'latest' | 'next';
-
 const versions = async () => {
   logger.log('fetching versions');
 
-  async function getVersionData(distTag: DistTag) {
-    const data = JSON.parse(
-      await readFile(
-        new URL(path.join(versionFilesDir, `${distTag}.json`), import.meta.url),
-        'utf8',
-      ),
-    );
-    // Strip off no-longer-used `info` property
-    const { version } = data as { version: string };
-    return { version };
-  }
-
-  const latest = await getVersionData('latest');
-  const next = await getVersionData('next');
-
-  return JSON.stringify({ latest, next });
+  return JSON.stringify(await readGeneratedVersions());
 };
 
 export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
diff --git a/apps/frontpage/lib/generated-versions.ts b/apps/frontpage/lib/generated-versions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61c3634a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/frontpage/lib/generated-versions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { valid as isValidSemver } from 'semver';
+
+export interface GeneratedVersion {
+  version: string;
+}
+
+export interface GeneratedVersions {
+  latest: GeneratedVersion;
+  next: GeneratedVersion;
+}
+
+const DIST_TAGS_URL =
+  'https://registry.npmjs.org/-/package/storybook/dist-tags';
+
+export const generatedVersionsFilePath = path.join(
+  process.cwd(),
+  'generated-versions.json',
+);
+
+function assertDistTagVersion(
+  distTag: keyof GeneratedVersions,
+  version: unknown,
+): GeneratedVersion {
+  if (typeof version !== 'string' || !isValidSemver(version)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Expected a valid semver string for the ${distTag} dist-tag, received ${JSON.stringify(version)}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return { version };
+}
+
+export async function fetchGeneratedVersions(): Promise<GeneratedVersions> {
+  const response = await fetch(DIST_TAGS_URL, {
+    headers: {
+      Accept: 'application/json',
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
+    },
+  });
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Failed to fetch Storybook dist-tags from npm: ${String(response.status)} ${response.statusText}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const distTags = (await response.json()) as Partial<
+    Record<keyof GeneratedVersions, unknown>
+  >;
+
+  return {
+    latest: assertDistTagVersion('latest', distTags.latest),
+    next: assertDistTagVersion('next', distTags.next),
+  };
+}
+
+export async function readGeneratedVersions(): Promise<GeneratedVersions> {
+  const fileContents = await readFile(generatedVersionsFilePath, 'utf8');
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(fileContents) as Partial<
+    Record<keyof GeneratedVersions, { version?: unknown }>
+  >;
+
+  return {
+    latest: assertDistTagVersion('latest', parsed.latest?.version),
+    next: assertDistTagVersion('next', parsed.next?.version),
+  };
+}
+
+export async function writeGeneratedVersions(
+  versions: GeneratedVersions,
+): Promise<void> {
+  await writeFile(
+    generatedVersionsFilePath,
+    `${JSON.stringify(versions, null, 2)}\n`,
+    'utf8',
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/frontpage/next.config.js b/apps/frontpage/next.config.js
index 537e1bca..b6088ab7 100644
--- a/apps/frontpage/next.config.js
+++ b/apps/frontpage/next.config.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports = withBundleAnalyzer(
        */
       outputFileTracingIncludes: {
         '/docs/**': ['./content/docs/**'],
+        '/versions': ['./generated-versions.json'],
       },
     },
     async redirects() {
diff --git a/apps/frontpage/package.json b/apps/frontpage/package.json
index 9d5b123c..ce8cc64f 100644
--- a/apps/frontpage/package.json
+++ b/apps/frontpage/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "lint": "next lint",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "fetch-docs": "tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.json scripts/get-local-docs.ts",
+    "generate-versions": "tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.json scripts/generate-versions.ts",
     "generate-redirects": "tsx --tsconfig tsconfig.json scripts/generate-redirects.ts",
     "clean": "rm -rf .turbo && rm -rf node_modules && rm -rf .next",
     "storybook": "storybook dev -p 6006",
diff --git a/apps/frontpage/scripts/generate-versions.ts b/apps/frontpage/scripts/generate-versions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22e46830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/frontpage/scripts/generate-versions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import {
+  fetchGeneratedVersions,
+  writeGeneratedVersions,
+} from '../lib/generated-versions';
+
+async function generate(): Promise<void> {
+  const versions = await fetchGeneratedVersions();
+  await writeGeneratedVersions(versions);
+}
+
+void generate();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 9170ff80..e0fc033d 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
       "outputs": ["./apps/frontpage/generated-redirects.json"],
       "cache": false
     },
+    "generate-versions": {
+      "cache": false,
+      "outputs": ["./apps/frontpage/generated-versions.json"]
+    },
     "fetch-docs": {
       "cache": false
     },
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@
       "inputs": ["$TURBO_DEFAULT$", ".env"]
     },
     "build": {
-      "dependsOn": ["fetch-docs", "generate-redirects", "^build"],
+      "dependsOn": ["fetch-docs", "generate-redirects", "generate-versions", "^build"],
       "outputs": [
         "dist/**",
         ".next/**",
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@
       "inputs": [
         "$TURBO_DEFAULT$",
         ".env",
+        "./apps/frontpage/generated-versions.json",
         "./apps/frontpage/content/docs/**",
         "./apps/frontpage/content/snippets/**",
         "./apps/frontpage/public/docs-assets/**"