diff --git a/docs/cugraph/source/conf.py b/docs/cugraph/source/conf.py
index 6c4b1e2edf0..3f7ef7deb03 100644
--- a/docs/cugraph/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/cugraph/source/conf.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def setup(app):
 )
 
 breathe_projects = {
-    'libcugraph': '../libcugraph/_xml',
+    'libcugraph': os.environ['XML_DIR_LIBCUGRAPH'],
     'libcugraphops': os.environ['XML_DIR_LIBCUGRAPHOPS'],
     'libwholegraph': os.environ['XML_DIR_LIBWHOLEGRAPH']
 }