diff --git a/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py b/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
index 7765b3b924..38194a0735 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/max/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ import os
 import pyblish.api
 
 from pymxs import runtime as rt
-from openpype.pipeline import get_current_asset_name
 from openpype.hosts.max.api import colorspace
 from openpype.hosts.max.api.lib import get_max_version, get_current_renderer
 from openpype.hosts.max.api.lib_renderproducts import RenderProducts
-from openpype.client import get_last_version_by_subset_name
 
 
 class CollectRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ class CollectRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         filepath = current_file.replace("\\", "/")
 
         context.data['currentFile'] = current_file
-        asset = get_current_asset_name()
 
         files_by_aov = RenderProducts().get_beauty(instance.name)
         aovs = RenderProducts().get_aovs(instance.name)
@@ -49,19 +46,6 @@ class CollectRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             instance.data["files"].append(files_by_aov)
 
         img_format = RenderProducts().image_format()
-        project_name = context.data["projectName"]
-        asset_doc = context.data["assetEntity"]
-        asset_id = asset_doc["_id"]
-        version_doc = get_last_version_by_subset_name(project_name,
-                                                      instance.name,
-                                                      asset_id)
-        self.log.debug("version_doc: {0}".format(version_doc))
-        version_int = 1
-        if version_doc:
-            version_int += int(version_doc["name"])
-
-        self.log.debug(f"Setting {version_int} to context.")
-        context.data["version"] = version_int
         # OCIO config not support in
         # most of the 3dsmax renderers
         # so this is currently hard coded
@@ -87,7 +71,7 @@ class CollectRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         renderer = str(renderer_class).split(":")[0]
         # also need to get the render dir for conversion
         data = {
-            "asset": asset,
+            "asset": instance.data["asset"],
             "subset": str(instance.name),
             "publish": True,
             "maxversion": str(get_max_version()),
@@ -99,7 +83,6 @@ class CollectRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             "plugin": "3dsmax",
             "frameStart": instance.data["frameStartHandle"],
             "frameEnd": instance.data["frameEndHandle"],
-            "version": version_int,
             "farm": True
         }
         instance.data.update(data)
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_scene_version.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_scene_version.py
index 7920c1e82b..f870ae9ad7 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_scene_version.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_scene_version.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class CollectSceneVersion(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         "hiero",
         "houdini",
         "maya",
+        "max",
         "nuke",
         "photoshop",
         "resolve",