diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index f86afd9..b84aaf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@master
       with:
+        pre-build-command: "pip install 'sphinx==7.1.2' --force-reinstall"
         docs-folder: "docs/"