diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
index 6de93bb8bd..37aabf9014 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pages.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - 'branch-**'
     paths:
       - "docs/**"
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -16,14 +17,15 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     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: 3.7
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Set up env
         run: make -C docs setupenv
       - name: Build docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
index cab2ae26f3..2c2ad8ffb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     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: 3.7
+          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Set up env
         run: make -C docs setupenv
       - name: Build docs
diff --git a/docs/pyproject.toml b/docs/pyproject.toml
index 32be277d2d..fd9410ac84 100644
--- a/docs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docs/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ python = "^3.9"
 pyyaml = "6.0.1"
 pygments = "2.15.1"
 redirects_cli ="~0.1.2"
-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"