diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
index 6318060a..141a43be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         env | sort | grep -i CONDA
         # make -C examples/
         # make -C docs/ html
-        make
+        make clean_docs examples html
 
     - name: Deploy documentation to blueskyproject.io.
       # We pin to the SHA, not the tag, for security reasons.