diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
index 6b90ecafb7d..5dec65e446e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - scylla-3.x
+    - 'scylla-**'
     paths:
     - 'docs/**'
     - 'faq/**'
@@ -19,14 +20,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Set up JDK 1.8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
index caa630c5636..461dd3ce1d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Set up JDK 1.8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
diff --git a/docs/pyproject.toml b/docs/pyproject.toml
index 284caf936b0..aafaef2ce6c 100644
--- a/docs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docs/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pyyaml = "6.0.1"
 pygments = "2.15.1"
 recommonmark = "0.7.1"
 redirects_cli ="~0.1.3"
-sphinx-scylladb-theme = "~1.6.1"
+sphinx-scylladb-theme = "~1.7.2"
 sphinx-sitemap = "2.5.1"
 sphinx-autobuild = "2021.3.14"
 Sphinx = "7.2.6"