diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index da2560b10..a7ca1a226 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ on:
     - feature/new_docs
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: [ 3.9.5 ]
     steps:
     - name: install pandoc
-      run: sudo apt-get install pandoc
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install pandoc
+        sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3-pkg-resources
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
diff --git a/docs/docs-requirements.txt b/docs/docs-requirements.txt
index 69a8ad779..a448f7f7d 100644
--- a/docs/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+setuptools==68.1.2
 Sphinx==4.4.0
 sphinx-material==0.0.35
 nbsphinx==0.8.8