diff --git a/src/helpers/neo-canonical-current.js b/src/helpers/neo-canonical-current.js
index 14af66b3..628618c9 100644
--- a/src/helpers/neo-canonical-current.js
+++ b/src/helpers/neo-canonical-current.js
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 // we want to modify the canonical by replacing that version with 'current'
 // we can allow for a page attribute to be set to override 'current'
 
+// if the version is ~ there is no version in the path - we return the canonical URL as is
+// if there's only one version of the page, there is no page.latest - we use page.version
+
 'use strict'
 
 module.exports = (page) => {
-  if (!page.latest) return page.canonicalUrl
-  const re = new RegExp(`/${page.latest.version}/`)
+  const versionToReplace = page.latest ? page.latest.version : page.version
+  if (!versionToReplace) return page.canonicalUrl
+  const re = new RegExp(`/${versionToReplace}/`)
   const latestVersionPath = `/${(page.attributes['latest-version-path'] || 'current')}/`
   return page.canonicalUrl.replace(re, latestVersionPath)
 }