diff --git a/_layouts/engine-api.html b/_layouts/engine-api.html
index c21bc4ec82..68feca4ed1 100644
--- a/_layouts/engine-api.html
+++ b/_layouts/engine-api.html
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicons/docs@2x.ico" sizes="129x128" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicons/docs@2x.ico" sizes="129x128" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/api-reference.css" />
+    <!-- make the latest API version the canonical page as that's what we want users to be using mostly -->
+    <link rel="canonical" href="/engine/api/v{{ site.latest_engine_api_version }}/" />
 </head>
 <body>
 <redoc spec-url="/engine/api/{{ page.name | replace: '.md'}}.yaml" hide-hostname="true" suppress-warnings="true" lazy-rendering></redoc>
