diff --git a/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx b/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
index 122042a16c42c..460150ead3948 100644
--- a/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/components/withDownloadArchive.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { notFound } from 'next/navigation';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
-import semVer from 'semver';
 
 import { getClientContext } from '#site/client-context';
 import provideReleaseData from '#site/next-data/providers/releaseData';
@@ -27,16 +26,17 @@ const WithDownloadArchive: FC<WithDownloadArchiveProps> = async ({
   // Extract version from pathname
   const version = extractVersionFromPath(pathname);
 
-  if (version == null) {
-    return notFound();
-  }
-
   // Find the release data for the given version
   const releaseData = provideReleaseData();
-  const release = releaseData.find(
-    release => semVer.major(version) === release.major
+  const release = releaseData.find(release =>
+    // Match major version only (e.g., v22.x.x for release.major v22)
+    version.startsWith(`v${release.major}`)
   )!;
 
+  if (!release) {
+    return notFound();
+  }
+
   const releaseArtifacts = buildReleaseArtifacts(release, version);
 
   return <Component {...releaseArtifacts} />;
diff --git a/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx b/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx
index 480a1564e7c5e..e8a0ea76c9537 100644
--- a/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx
+++ b/apps/site/pages/en/download/archive/index.mdx
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ layout: download-archive
       <ReleaseOverview release={release} />
 
       <ul className='flex list-none flex-col gap-2 p-0 text-sm'>
-
+        <li>
+          Read the <LinkWithArrow href={`https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/${version}`}>changelog</LinkWithArrow> or <Link href={`/blog/release/${version}`}>blog post</Link> for this version.
+        </li>
         <li>
           Learn more about <Link href="/about/previous-releases">Node.js releases</Link>, including the release schedule and LTS status.
         </li>
diff --git a/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx b/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx
index 15d6e407bb75b..643f49ddadbba 100644
--- a/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx
+++ b/apps/site/util/download/archive.tsx
@@ -140,19 +140,10 @@ export const buildReleaseArtifacts = (
  * Extracts the version from the pathname.
  * It expects the version to be in the format like 'v22.0.4'.
  */
-export const extractVersionFromPath = (pathname: string | undefined) => {
-  if (!pathname) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
+export const extractVersionFromPath = (pathname: string) => {
   const segments = pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
-  const version = segments.pop();
-
-  // Checks the version prefix + digits + optional dot-separated digits
-  //  (v22, v22.0.4)
-  if (!version || !version.match(/^v\d+(\.\d+)*$/)) {
-    return null;
-  }
+  // The version is expected to be the last segment in the path
+  const version = segments.pop()!;
 
   return version;
 };