diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index efb17b775..4563e1d40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate documentation
         run: cargo doc --all
 
+  doc-nightly:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Cache setup
+        uses: ./.github/actions/cache-setup
+
+      - name: Install cargo-deadlinks
+        run: which deadlinks || cargo install cargo-deadlinks
+
+      - name: Generate documentation
+        run: |
+          rustup install nightly
+          cargo +nightly doc --all
+
     # temporarily disabled.
     # - name: Validate links
     #   run: cargo deadlinks --dir target/doc/glommio
@@ -54,8 +72,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/cache-setup
 
       - name: Build all targets on the nigthly channel
-        run: cargo +nightly build --all --all-targets --features=nightly
-
+        run: >
+          rustup install nightly;
+          cargo +nightly build --all --all-targets --features=nightly
 
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -100,6 +119,7 @@ jobs:
           rustup install nightly
           rustup component add rustfmt --toolchain nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
           rustup install 1.58
+          cargo install cargo-sort
           rustup show
           cargo +nightly test --features=nightly -- --test-threads=`nproc`
           EOF