diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml
index 4f07abdbd..bf07e5d95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_documentation.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libmuparser-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libomp5 libomp-dev libfftw3-dev libcfitsio-dev lcov doxygen graphviz
+          sudo apt-get install pandoc # do not only use pip to install pandoc, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62398231/building-docs-fails-due-to-missing-pandoc
           pip install -r doc/pages/example_notebooks/requirements.txt # load requrements for notebooks
-          pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme m2r2 nbsphinx
+          pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme m2r2 nbsphinx breathe pandoc
       - name: Set up the build
         env:
           CXX: ${{ matrix.config.cxx }}