diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
index 67dabf6bab6..ef2945cf4b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_docs.yml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
           path: deploy
           # Download the entire history
           fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
+          persist-credentials: true
         if: (github.event_name == 'release' || github.event_name == 'push') && (matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest')
 
       - name: Push the built HTML to gh-pages