diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yaml
index d32ebc454..e9a310e86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_docs.yaml
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ on:
       - main
     paths:
       - "docs/**"
-  
+
 jobs:
   publish_docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+          cache: "pip"
       - run: pip install -r docs/fidesops/requirements.txt
       - name: Build docs
         run: make docs-build
       - name: Publish docs
         run: mkdocs gh-deploy -v -f docs/fidesops/mkdocs.yml --force
-        
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb4be57de..412c51503 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The types of changes are:
 * Resolve issue with MyPy seeing files in fidesops as missing imports [#719](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/719)
 * Fixed `check-migrations` Make command [#806](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/806)
 * Fix issue requiring separate install of snowflake-connector-python [#807](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/807)
-
+* Fix publish_docs CI action [#818](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/818)
 
 ## [1.6.1](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/compare/1.6.0...1.6.1)