diff --git a/_static/versions.json b/_static/versions.json
index 71a3aabf9..dca6faa29 100644
--- a/_static/versions.json
+++ b/_static/versions.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     {
         "name": "2.0 (stable)",
         "version": "doc/2.0",
-        "url": "https://numpy.org/doc/stable/"
+        "url": "https://numpy.org/doc/stable/",
+        "preferred": true
     },
     {
         "name": "1.26",