diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index 7a8409fb..6cad8308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -197,6 +197,43 @@ jobs:
           cd ../installation
           ./bin/python3 -m test -uall -j4
 
+  test-docs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    needs:
+      - build-docs
+    steps:
+      - name: "Download the docs artifacts"
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+        with:
+          name: docs
+
+      - name: "Set up Python"
+        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: "Install epubcheck"
+        run: python -m pip install epubcheck
+
+      - name: "Run epubcheck"
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          ls -la
+          epubcheck "python-$CPYTHON_RELEASE-docs.epub" &> epubcheck.txt
+
+      - name: "Show epubcheck output"
+        run: cat epubcheck.txt
+
+      - name: "Check for fatal errors in EPUB"
+        run: |
+          if grep -q "^FATAL" epubcheck.txt; then
+            echo "Fatal errors found in EPUB:"
+            grep "^FATAL" epubcheck.txt
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "No fatal errors found in EPUB"
+
   build-android:
     name: build-android (${{ matrix.arch }})
     needs: