diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.80/getting-started.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.80/getting-started.md
index 9ab87d122..352a5cb04 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.80/getting-started.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.80/getting-started.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Call the following from the place where you want your project directory to live:
 <!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->
 
 ```bat
-npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version "^0.80.0"
+npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.80.0
 ```
 
 ### Navigate into this newly created directory
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.81/getting-started.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.81/getting-started.md
index c6447201c..ff8feb8f5 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.81/getting-started.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.81/getting-started.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Call the following from the place where you want your project directory to live:
 <!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->
 
 ```bat
-npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version "^0.81.0"
+npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.81.0
 ```
 
 ### Navigate into this newly created directory