diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a21bf35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Build Documents
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+    paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/build-docs.yml"
+      - "docs/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:  # Allows to trigger the workflow manually in GitHub UI
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    name: "build docs"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          # See <https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2370#issuecomment-821926264>
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Build HTML
+        uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@8.2.3
+        with:
+          docs-folder: "docs/"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
index 2587b8a..568985e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: ./docs
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Build HTML
-        uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@master
+        uses: ammaraskar/sphinx-action@8.2.3
         with:
           docs-folder: "docs/"