diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 9cb33dcd..98d6f59e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
           .ci/waiting_services.sh
 
       - name: "Run Ansys documentation building action"
-        uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@v5
+        uses: ansys/actions/doc-build@v6
         with:
           requires-xvfb: true
           python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ jobs:
           skip-install: true
           sphinxopts: -j auto -W --keep-going
           use-python-cache: False
+          check-links: False
 
       - name: "Deploy"
         if: contains(github.ref, 'refs/heads/main')
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ jobs:
           if compgen -G './logs-build-docs/*.out' > /dev/null ;then for f in ./logs-build-docs/*.out; do echo "::group:: Output file $f" && cat $f && echo "::endgroup::" ; done; fi
 
   release:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    if: github.event_name == 'refs/heads/main' && !contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
     needs: [style, doc-build] #docs-style
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 155f5b82..0b8ccf38 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ cython_debug/
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/python
 
-PyMAPDL_Dev
-doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.ipynb 
-doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.py 
-doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.md5 
-doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.pickle 
\ No newline at end of file
+# PyMAPDL_Dev
+doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.ipynb
+doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.py
+doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.md5
+doc/source/technology_showcase_examples/*.pickle
+sg_execution_times.rst
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 24e7f641..8ef9c77c 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from ansys_sphinx_theme import pyansys_logo_black as logo
 import numpy as np
 import pyvista
+from pyvista.plotting.utilities.sphinx_gallery import DynamicScraper
 from sphinx_gallery.sorting import FileNameSortKey
 
 # Project information
@@ -68,9 +69,11 @@
     "jupyter_sphinx",
     "notfound.extension",
     "numpydoc",
+    "pyvista.ext.viewer_directive",
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
     "sphinx.ext.coverage",
+    "sphinx_design",
     "sphinx.ext.doctest",
     "sphinx.ext.extlinks",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@
     "backreferences_dir": None,
     # Modules for which function level galleries are created. In
     "doc_module": "ansys-mapdl-core",
-    "image_scrapers": ("pyvista", "matplotlib"),
+    "image_scrapers": (DynamicScraper(), "matplotlib"),
     "ignore_pattern": "flycheck*",
     "thumbnail_size": (350, 350),
 }
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_doc.txt b/requirements/requirements_doc.txt
index 61e093e6..bd498c11 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_doc.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_doc.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ nest-asyncio==1.6.0
 pandas==2.2.2
 plotly==5.20.0
 pythreejs==2.4.2
-pyvista[jupyter]==0.43.4
+pyvista[jupyter]==0.43.6
 vtk==9.3.0
 
 # Documentation dependencies
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ sphinxemoji==0.3.1
 sphinx-gallery==0.15.0
 sphinx-autobuild==2024.2.4
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints==2.0.0
+sphinx-design==0.5.0
 sphinx-notfound-page==1.0.0
-panel==1.3.8
+panel==1.4.2
 pypandoc==1.13