diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-ref-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-ref-docs.yaml
index cf8c295..21852a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-ref-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-ref-docs.yaml
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ jobs:
             # (might be replaced by helm docs template in the future)
             sed -i '/!\[Version:/,/^$/d' "src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/temp.mdx"
 
+            # Wrap the KMCP version placeholder in inline code so it shows literally in MDX
+            python - <<'PY'
+            from pathlib import Path
+            
+            path = Path("src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/temp.mdx")
+            text = path.read_text()
+            text = text.replace("${KMCP_VERSION}", "`" + "${KMCP_VERSION}" + "`")
+            path.write_text(text)
+            PY
+
             # Add frontmatter
             echo '---' > "src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/page.mdx"
             echo 'title: "Helm Chart Configuration"' >> "src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/page.mdx"
diff --git a/src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/page.mdx b/src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/page.mdx
index db4a66e..ebc5f4c 100644
--- a/src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/page.mdx
+++ b/src/app/docs/kagent/resources/helm/page.mdx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A Helm chart for kagent, built with Google ADK
 | file://../agents/promql | promql-agent |  |
 | file://../tools/grafana-mcp | grafana-mcp |  |
 | file://../tools/querydoc | querydoc |  |
-| oci://ghcr.io/kagent-dev/kmcp/helm | kmcp | ${KMCP_VERSION} |
+| oci://ghcr.io/kagent-dev/kmcp/helm | kmcp | `${KMCP_VERSION}` |
 | oci://ghcr.io/kagent-dev/tools/helm | kagent-tools | 0.0.12 |
 
 ## Values