diff --git a/man/html.in b/man/html.in
index aaff9d1383..f11919b324 100755
--- a/man/html.in
+++ b/man/html.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
 fi
 
 # make sure the rules have been regenerated (in case update-man-rules was just run)
-ninja -C "@BUILD_ROOT@" version.h
+ninja -C "@BUILD_ROOT@" src/version/version.h
 
 target="man/$1.html"
 ninja -C "@BUILD_ROOT@" "$target"
diff --git a/man/man.in b/man/man.in
index 201c32dae2..f6d511ec03 100755
--- a/man/man.in
+++ b/man/man.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
 fi
 
 # make sure the rules have been regenerated (in case update-man-rules was just run)
-ninja -C "@BUILD_ROOT@" version.h
+ninja -C "@BUILD_ROOT@" src/version/version.h
 
 page="$(echo "$1" | sed 's/\./\\./')"
 target=$(ninja -C "@BUILD_ROOT@" -t query man/man | grep -E -m1 "man/$page\.[0-9]$" | awk '{print $2}')