diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
index e6951f8e20..4f3bb3bd4e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/blogUtils.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ async function processBlogSourceFile(
     blogSourceAbsolute,
     options,
     frontMatter.last_update,
+    vcs,
   );
 
   const draft = isDraft({frontMatter});
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
index 352ccb3adb..b8f02ba5b0 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/docs.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ async function doProcessDocMetadata({
     siteDir,
     siteConfig: {
       markdown: {parseFrontMatter},
+      future: {experimental_vcs: vcs},
     },
   } = context;
 
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ async function doProcessDocMetadata({
     filePath,
     options,
     lastUpdateFrontMatter,
+    vcs,
   );
 
   // E.g. api/plugins/myDoc -> myDoc; myDoc -> myDoc
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts
index 442e4a43a5..57d20695f1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/versions/__tests__/loadVersion.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {fromPartial} from '@total-typescript/shoehorn';
 import {DEFAULT_PARSE_FRONT_MATTER} from '@docusaurus/utils/src';
+import {DEFAULT_VCS_CONFIG} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {readVersionsMetadata} from '../version';
 import {DEFAULT_OPTIONS} from '../../options';
 import {loadVersion} from '../loadVersion';
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ async function siteFixture(fixture: string) {
       markdown: {
         parseFrontMatter: DEFAULT_PARSE_FRONT_MATTER,
       },
+      future: {
+        experimental_vcs: DEFAULT_VCS_CONFIG,
+      },
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
index 65f1d9b420..c3ae1b18e8 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/content.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ async function processPageSourceFile(
 ): Promise<Metadata | undefined> {
   const {context, options, contentPaths} = params;
   const {siteConfig, baseUrl, siteDir, i18n} = context;
+  const vcs = siteConfig.future.experimental_vcs;
   const {editUrl} = options;
 
   // Lookup in localized folder in priority
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ async function processPageSourceFile(
     source,
     options,
     frontMatter.last_update,
+    vcs,
   );
 
   if (isDraft({frontMatter})) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/lastUpdateUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/lastUpdateUtils.ts
index 97dbcbe0a0..7c23272a76 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/lastUpdateUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/lastUpdateUtils.ts
@@ -116,13 +116,15 @@ export async function readLastUpdateData(
   filePath: string,
   options: LastUpdateOptions,
   lastUpdateFrontMatter: FrontMatterLastUpdate | undefined,
-
-  // We fallback to the default VSC config on purpose
+  vcs: Pick<VcsConfig, 'getFileLastUpdateInfo'>,
+): Promise<LastUpdateData> {
+  // We fallback to the default VSC config at runtime on purpose
   // It preserves retro-compatibility if a third-party plugin imports it
   // This also ensures unit tests keep working without extra setup
+  // We still want to ensure type safety by requiring the VCS param
   // TODO Docusaurus v4: refactor all these Git read APIs
-  vcs: Pick<VcsConfig, 'getFileLastUpdateInfo'> = DEFAULT_VCS_CONFIG,
-): Promise<LastUpdateData> {
+  vcs = vcs ?? DEFAULT_VCS_CONFIG;
+
   const {showLastUpdateAuthor, showLastUpdateTime} = options;
 
   if (!showLastUpdateAuthor && !showLastUpdateTime) {