diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
index 1633df5..df221c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # Pillow installation requires some system packages
+      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+        with:
+          packages: libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev
+          version: 1.0
       - name: Check mkdocs
         uses: deargen/workflows/actions/check-mkdocs@master
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 6e8b4b2..53510bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ on:
         description: Dry run
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      exclude-types:
+        description: Commit types to exclude from the changelog
+        required: false
+        default: build,docs,style,other
 
 jobs:
   commit-changelog-and-release:
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       version-tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version-tag }}
       dry-run: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry-run == 'true' }}
       changelog-path: docs/CHANGELOG.md
-      exclude-types: build,docs,style,other
+      exclude-types: ${{ github.event.inputs.exclude-types }}
 
   deploy-mkdocs:
     if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry-run == 'false' }}