diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a5bbc7d7..bfc3b8172 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ instance/
 
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
+docs/build/
 
 # PyBuilder
 .pybuilder/
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 991e44fe0..dbf27ed2b 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -5,22 +5,21 @@
 version: 2
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.10"
+    python: "3.12"
   commands:
     # https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/build-customization.html#install-dependencies-with-uv
-    # with adaptations to use workspaces+projects instead of `uv pip`
     - asdf plugin add uv
     - asdf install uv latest
     - asdf global uv latest
-    - uv sync --group docs
-    - uv run sphinx-build -T -b html -d docs/_build/doctrees -D language=en docs $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html
+    - uv venv "${READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH}"
+    - UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT="${READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH}" uv sync --group docs --link-mode=copy
 
 formats:
-  # Temporarily disabling PDF downloads due to problem with nbsphinx in LateX builds
-  # - pdf
+  - pdf
   - htmlzip
 
 sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
   fail_on_warning: false
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index f9846e160..e2c846931 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 SPHINXOPTS    =
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 SOURCEDIR     = .
-BUILDDIR      = _build
+BUILDDIR      = build
 
 # Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
 
 livehtml:
-	sphinx-autobuild --watch ../pystac --host 0.0.0.0 ${SOURCEDIR} $(BUILDDIR)/html -d _build/doctrees
+	sphinx-autobuild --watch ../pystac --host 0.0.0.0 ${SOURCEDIR} $(BUILDDIR)/html -d build/doctrees
 
 .PHONY: help Makefile
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9af5c5707..c5635a906 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store", "**.ipynb_checkpoints"]
+exclude_patterns = [
+    "_build",
+    "build/*",
+    "Thumbs.db",
+    ".DS_Store",
+    "**.ipynb_checkpoints",
+]
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = None
diff --git a/docs/make.bat b/docs/make.bat
index 451f805a5..27b588951 100644
--- a/docs/make.bat
+++ b/docs/make.bat
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" (
 	set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
 )
 set SOURCEDIR=.
-set BUILDDIR=_build
+set BUILDDIR=build
 
 if "%1" == "" goto help