diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/nav.ts b/docs/.vitepress/nav.ts
index b96449dd..11ef9b64 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/nav.ts
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/nav.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,15 @@ export const navbar: DefaultTheme.NavItem[] = [
 		text: IS_NEXT ? PROJECT_VARS.VERSION_SNAPSHOT : PROJECT_VARS.VERSION,
 		items: [
 			// Absolute, since each channel is a site of its own, with its own base.
-			IS_NEXT
-				? { text: `Latest release (${PROJECT_VARS.VERSION})`, link: SITE_URL }
-				: { text: 'Unreleased (main)', link: new URL(NEXT_BASE, SITE_URL).href },
+			// VitePress opens absolute links in a new tab; the other channel is
+			// the same site to the reader, so it opens in place.
+			{
+				...(IS_NEXT
+					? { text: `Latest release (${PROJECT_VARS.VERSION})`, link: SITE_URL }
+					: { text: 'Unreleased (main)', link: new URL(NEXT_BASE, SITE_URL).href }),
+				target: '_self',
+				noIcon: true,
+			},
 			{
 				text: 'Changelog',
 				link: 'https://github.com/devopvoid/webrtc-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md'
diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/theme/NextBanner.vue b/docs/.vitepress/theme/NextBanner.vue
index d1fcee9d..928198c4 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/theme/NextBanner.vue
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/theme/NextBanner.vue
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ const isNext = computed(() => site.value.base === NEXT_BASE)
 </script>
 
 <template>
+  <!-- target="_self" keeps the router of this site from handling the link, as
+       the root is another site. -->
   <div v-if="isNext" class="next-banner">
     These docs describe the unreleased development version {{ PROJECT_VARS.VERSION_SNAPSHOT }}.
-    See the docs of the <a :href="SITE_URL">latest release, {{ PROJECT_VARS.VERSION }}</a>.
+    See the docs of the <a :href="SITE_URL" target="_self">latest release, {{ PROJECT_VARS.VERSION }}</a>.
   </div>
 </template>