diff --git a/integrations/real-time-collaboration.php b/integrations/real-time-collaboration.php
index 0580517ccb..f31062dafa 100644
--- a/integrations/real-time-collaboration.php
+++ b/integrations/real-time-collaboration.php
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
  * @private
  */
 class RealTimeCollaborationIntegration extends Integration {
+	/**
+	 * Version of the vip-real-time-collaboration plugin to load.
+	 * Used to control staged rollouts (e.g., staging gets new version first).
+	 */
+	const VIP_RTC_PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.1';
+
+	/**
+	 * Version of the Gutenberg plugin to load.
+	 * Empty string means load from the unversioned 'gutenberg' folder.
+	 * A version number (e.g., '1.0') loads from 'gutenberg-1.0' folder.
+	 */
+	const VIP_RTC_GUTENBERG_VERSION = '';
+
 	/**
 	 * Enable Pendo tracking for this integration.
 	 *
@@ -50,8 +63,22 @@ private function can_load(): bool {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the path to the Gutenberg plugin.
+	 *
+	 * @return string|false The path to the Gutenberg plugin, or false if not found.
+	 */
 	private function get_gutenberg_path(): string|false {
-		$gutenberg_path = WPVIP_MU_PLUGIN_DIR . '/vip-integrations/gutenberg/gutenberg.php';
+		// Empty string means use the unversioned folder
+		if ( defined( 'VIP_RTC_GUTENBERG_VERSION' ) && '' === constant( 'VIP_RTC_GUTENBERG_VERSION' ) ) {
+			$gutenberg_folder = 'gutenberg';
+		} elseif ( defined( 'VIP_RTC_GUTENBERG_VERSION' ) && '' !== constant( 'VIP_RTC_GUTENBERG_VERSION' ) ) {
+			$gutenberg_folder = 'gutenberg-' . constant( 'VIP_RTC_GUTENBERG_VERSION' );
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$gutenberg_path = WPVIP_MU_PLUGIN_DIR . '/vip-integrations/' . $gutenberg_folder . '/gutenberg.php';
 		if ( ! file_exists( $gutenberg_path ) ) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -59,14 +86,19 @@ private function get_gutenberg_path(): string|false {
 		return $gutenberg_path;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the path to the RTC plugin.
+	 *
+	 * @return string|false The path to the RTC plugin, or false if not found.
+	 */
 	private function get_plugin_path(): string|false {
-		$latest_directory = $this->get_latest_version();
-		if ( empty( $latest_directory ) ) {
+		if ( defined( 'VIP_RTC_PLUGIN_VERSION' ) ) {
+			$plugin_directory = 'vip-real-time-collaboration-' . constant( 'VIP_RTC_PLUGIN_VERSION' );
+		} else {
 			return false;
 		}
-		// Load the plugin.
-		$load_path = WPVIP_MU_PLUGIN_DIR . '/vip-integrations/' . $latest_directory . '/vip-real-time-collaboration.php';
-		// This check isn't strictly necessary, but better safe than sorry.
+
+		$load_path = WPVIP_MU_PLUGIN_DIR . '/vip-integrations/' . $plugin_directory . '/vip-real-time-collaboration.php';
 		if ( ! file_exists( $load_path ) ) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -110,22 +142,13 @@ public function load(): void {
 
 			/**
 			 * Load the custom build of Gutenberg from vip-integrations
-			 * and the latest version of the vip-real-time-collaboration plugin.
+			 * and the configured version of the vip-real-time-collaboration plugin.
 			 */
 			require_once $gutenberg_path;
 			require_once $load_path;
 		}, 1);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get the latest version of Real-Time Collaboration.
-	 *
-	 * @return string|null The latest version of Real-Time Collaboration or null if no versions are found.
-	 */
-	public function get_latest_version() {
-		return get_latest_version( WPVIP_MU_PLUGIN_DIR . '/vip-integrations/', 'vip-real-time-collaboration', 'vip-real-time-collaboration.php' );
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Configure Real-Time Collaboration for VIP Platform.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/integrations/test-real-time-collaboration.php b/tests/integrations/test-real-time-collaboration.php
index e05fc19115..1cb4e15660 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/test-real-time-collaboration.php
+++ b/tests/integrations/test-real-time-collaboration.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public function test_load_returns_early_if_plugin_already_loaded(): void {
 		do_action( 'plugins_loaded' );
 	}
 
-	public function test_load_sets_inactive_if_no_versions_found(): void {
+	public function test_load_sets_inactive_if_plugin_file_not_found(): void {
 		// Set up required constants
 		Constant_Mocker::define( 'VIP_RTC_WS_AUTH_SECRET', 'test-secret' );
 		Constant_Mocker::define( 'VIP_RTC_WS_URL', 'wss://test.example.com' );
@@ -150,13 +150,6 @@ public function test_configure_handles_missing_config_values(): void {
 		$this->assertFalse( defined( 'VIP_RTC_WS_URL' ) );
 	}
 
-	public function test_get_latest_version_returns_null_when_no_versions_are_found(): void {
-		$rtc_integration = new RealTimeCollaborationIntegration( $this->slug );
-		$latest_version  = $rtc_integration->get_latest_version();
-
-		$this->assertNull( $latest_version );
-	}
-
 	public function test_load_sets_inactive_when_ws_auth_secret_missing(): void {
 		Constant_Mocker::define( 'VIP_RTC_WS_URL', 'wss://test.example.com' );
 		// VIP_RTC_WS_AUTH_SECRET is intentionally not defined