diff --git a/.github/workflows/sphinx.yml b/.github/workflows/sphinx.yml
index ed9a481..a6f7ba7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sphinx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sphinx.yml
@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main, release]
 
-
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python environment and dependencies
+      run: |
+        apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv pandoc gcc
+        python3 -m venv venv
+        . venv/bin/activate
+        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
     - name: Build HTML
       uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@0.4
       with:
-        pre-build-command: "apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y pandoc gcc"
+        pre-build-command: ". venv/bin/activate"
     - name: Upload artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
@@ -24,4 +30,4 @@ jobs:
       if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        publish_dir: docs/build/html
+        publish_dir: docs/build/html
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