diff --git a/.changeset/rich-dragons-rest.md b/.changeset/rich-dragons-rest.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd92cb20633c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rich-dragons-rest.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+docs: adjust the release version of explicit env vars
diff --git a/documentation/docs/20-core-concepts/70-environment-variables.md b/documentation/docs/20-core-concepts/70-environment-variables.md
index 54dc82ab0fb8..16b0186d2ae1 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/20-core-concepts/70-environment-variables.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/20-core-concepts/70-environment-variables.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ By default, every environment variable is implicitly available inside your app v
 
 ## Explicit environment variables
 
-As of SvelteKit 2.62, you can opt into _explicit_ environment variables, in which case you instead import environment variables from these modules:
+As of SvelteKit 2.63, you can opt into _explicit_ environment variables, in which case you instead import environment variables from these modules:
 
 - [`$app/env/private`]($app-env-private)
 - [`$app/env/public`]($app-env-public)
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts b/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts
index 745cf149317a..0fd73e2eff99 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ export interface KitConfig {
 	experimental?: {
 		/**
 		 * Whether to enable explicit environment variables using `src/env.js` or `src/env.ts`.
-		 * @since 2.62.0
+		 * @since 2.63.0
 		 * @default false
 		 */
 		explicitEnvironmentVariables?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts b/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
index fa15b700a746..e9d0d3c0fb8f 100644
--- a/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ declare module '@sveltejs/kit' {
 		experimental?: {
 			/**
 			 * Whether to enable explicit environment variables using `src/env.js` or `src/env.ts`.
-			 * @since 2.62.0
+			 * @since 2.63.0
 			 * @default false
 			 */
 			explicitEnvironmentVariables?: boolean;