diff --git a/.github/workflows/gendoc.yml b/.github/workflows/gendoc.yml
index 0e38f116..69a84f9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gendoc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gendoc.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
 
       - name : Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y git cmake build-essential doxygen graphviz python3-dev mkdocs mkdocs-material
-      
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y git cmake build-essential doxygen graphviz python3-dev
+
+      - name: Install python dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material
+
       - name: Generate documentation
         run: cd docs && make all