diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 77970eafa..47e0056a0 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Call the following from the place where you want your project directory to live:
 <!-- Note, make sure both `@react-native-community/cli@ABC` and `--version XYZ` are pointing to the correct NPM tags in the command below. -->
 
 <!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use `next` for the CLI and `nightly` for the RN version -->
-<!-- 2. For stable versions in versioned_docs use `latest` for the CLI and the semantic version, i.e. `^0.73.0` for the RN version -->
+<!-- 2. For stable versions in versioned_docs use `latest` for the CLI and the semantic version, i.e. `0.73.0` for the RN version -->
 
 <!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-community/cli?activeTab=versions for the CLI version tags. -->
 <!-- See https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native?activeTab=versions for the RN version tags. -->
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ cd <projectName>
 <!-- Note, make sure `version` is pointing to the correct react-native-windows NPM tag in the command below. -->
 
 <!-- 1. For the next version (i.e. in docs/getting-started.md) use `canary` -->
-<!-- 2. For other versions in versioned_docs use the version in the format `^0.XY.0` -->
+<!-- 2. For other versions in versioned_docs use the version in the format `0.XY.0` -->
 
 Next you'll want to add `react-native-windows` as a dependency:
 
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.77/getting-started.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.77/getting-started.md
index 1abc50740..66aa0b688 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.77/getting-started.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.77/getting-started.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Remember to call `@react-native-community/cli init` from the place you want your
 <!-- 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 ^0.77.0
+npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.77.0
 ```
 
 ### Navigate into this newly created directory
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.78/getting-started.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.78/getting-started.md
index 4366bf7f1..4ef840e19 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.78/getting-started.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.78/getting-started.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Remember to call `@react-native-community/cli init` from the place you want your
 <!-- 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 ^0.78.0
+npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.78.0
 ```
 
 ### Navigate into this newly created directory
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.79/getting-started.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.79/getting-started.md
index 1320f389d..45a441a6e 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.79/getting-started.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.79/getting-started.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 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 ^0.79.0
+npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.79.0
 ```
 
 ### Navigate into this newly created directory
diff --git a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.82/getting-started.md b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.82/getting-started.md
index 2c4f9e8e5..2fc078c63 100644
--- a/website/versioned_docs/version-0.82/getting-started.md
+++ b/website/versioned_docs/version-0.82/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 "^0.82.0"
+npx --yes @react-native-community/cli@latest init <projectName> --version 0.82.0
 ```
 
 ### Navigate into this newly created directory