diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index cf29f0a2..6bc97c9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: "Run Ansys documentation building action"
       uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@v8
       with:
+        python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
         add-pdf-html-docs-as-assets: true
 
   smoke-tests:
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/253.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/253.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8f5233d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/253.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build(deps): bump the doc-dependencies group with 3 updates
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc811042..7fe60011 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ tests = [
 ]
 
 doc = [
-    "ansys-sphinx-theme==1.3.1",
+    "ansys-sphinx-theme==1.3.2",
     "jupyter_sphinx==0.5.3",
     "jupytext==1.16.7",
     "nbsphinx==0.9.6",
     "numpydoc==1.8.0",
-    "sphinx==8.1.3",
-    "sphinx-autoapi==3.5.0",
+    "sphinx==8.2.1",
+    "sphinx-autoapi==3.6.0",
     "sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2",
     "sphinx_design==0.6.1",
     "sphinx-gallery==0.19.0",