diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 7948b70a99..39201daf71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
+    - name: Install dependencies and docs
       run: |
-        ./bootstrap.sh
+        ./bootstrap.sh +docs
     - name: Generic Unittests
       run: |
         ./test_reframe.py