diff --git a/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb b/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
index 9af334c496fe6..9c4026584aeca 100644
--- a/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
@@ -210,6 +210,18 @@ def test_version_post_tag
             ["+        (#{@next_major_version}, 0),"],
           ],
         },
+        {
+          path: "r/pkgdown/assets/versions.html",
+          hunks: [
+            [
+              "-<body><p><a href=\"../dev/r/\">#{@previous_version}.9000 (dev)</a></p>",
+              "-<p><a href=\"../r/\">#{@previous_r_version} (release)</a></p>",
+              "+<body><p><a href=\"../dev/r/\">#{@release_version}.9000 (dev)</a></p>",
+              "+<p><a href=\"../r/\">#{@release_version} (release)</a></p>",
+              "+<p><a href=\"../#{@previous_compatible_version}/r/\">#{@previous_r_version}</a></p>",
+            ],
+          ],
+        },
         {
           path: "r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json",
           hunks: [
@@ -228,6 +240,17 @@ def test_version_post_tag
       ]
     else
       expected_changes += [
+        {
+          path: "r/pkgdown/assets/versions.html",
+          hunks: [
+            [
+              "-<body><p><a href=\"../dev/r/\">#{@previous_version}.9000 (dev)</a></p>",
+              "-<p><a href=\"../r/\">#{@previous_r_version} (release)</a></p>",
+              "+<body><p><a href=\"../dev/r/\">#{@release_version}.9000 (dev)</a></p>",
+              "+<p><a href=\"../r/\">#{@release_version} (release)</a></p>",
+            ],
+          ],
+        },
         {
           path: "r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json",
           hunks: [
diff --git a/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh b/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
index ecdd0a26dcb7a..19ffda578b4b0 100644
--- a/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
+++ b/dev/release/utils-prepare.sh
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ update_versions() {
                      "${base_version}" \
                      "${next_version}"
   git add docs/source/_static/versions.json
+  git add r/pkgdown/assets/versions.html
   git add r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json
   popd
 }
diff --git a/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.html b/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.html
index 8ba513a98c85b..74d0a57c3fe26 100644
--- a/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.html
+++ b/r/pkgdown/assets/versions.html
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
-<body><p><a href="../dev/r/">13.0.0.9000 (dev)</a></p>
-<p><a href="../r/">13.0.0.1 (release)</a></p>
+<body><p><a href="../dev/r/">18.0.0.9000 (dev)</a></p>
+<p><a href="../r/">18.0.0 (release)</a></p>
+<p><a href="../17.0/r/">17.0.0</a></p>
+<p><a href="../16.1/r/">16.1.0</a></p>
+<p><a href="../15.0/r/">15.0.2</a></p>
+<p><a href="../14.0/r/">14.0.2</a></p>
+<p><a href="../13.0/r/">13.0.0.1</a></p>
 <p><a href="../12.0/r/">12.0.1.1</a></p>
-<p><a href="../11.0/r/">11.0.0.3</a></p>
+<p><a href="../12.0/r/">12.0.0</a></p>
+<p><a href="../11.0/r/">11.0.0</a></p>
 <p><a href="../10.0/r/">10.0.1</a></p>
 <p><a href="../9.0/r/">9.0.0</a></p>
 <p><a href="../8.0/r/">8.0.0</a></p>
