diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 46bc4daf0..8e8475794 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -42,20 +42,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # check out repo
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
       # install python
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
-      # install pythonn dependencies
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-      # release latest docs
-      - run: make publish-docs
+      - name: Deploy docs
+        uses: mhausenblas/mkdocs-deploy-gh-pages@master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          REQUIREMENTS: docs/requirements.txt
 
   notification:
     name: Google chat notification about release and published version
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca377fb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+mkdocs
+mkdocs-material
\ No newline at end of file