diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d97627d..d340126 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ build-docs:  ## Build and publish sit documentation.
 
 .PHONY: publish-docs
 publish-docs:  ## Build and publish sit documentation.
+	@git fetch origin  gh-pages
 	@poetry run mkdocs gh-deploy  --clean