diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
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+RewriteEngine On
+
+# redirect 0.6.0-xxxx to 0.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+RewriteRule ^/?docs/0.6.0(?!-SNAPSHOT).*/(.*) /docs/0.6.0-SNAPSHOT/$2  [R=301,L,NE]
+
+# redirect 0.5.[056]-xxxx to 0.5.[056]-incubating
+RewriteRule ^/?docs/(0.5.[056])(?!-incubating).*/(.*) /docs/$1-incubating/$3  [R=301,L,NE]
+
+# rewrite docs/latest to latest stable release
+RewriteRule ^/?docs/latest/(.*) /docs/0.5.6-incubating/$1  [PT]