diff --git a/metals-docs/src/main/scala/docs/Docs.scala b/metals-docs/src/main/scala/docs/Docs.scala
index a813605ed0b..a371edc9fa5 100644
--- a/metals-docs/src/main/scala/docs/Docs.scala
+++ b/metals-docs/src/main/scala/docs/Docs.scala
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ object Docs {
     val docsOut = target.resolve("docs")
 
     Files.createDirectories(dataOut)
+    Files.createDirectories(docsOut)
     Files.write(
       dataOut.resolve("latests.json"),
       s"""|{