diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
index ca467e8065..f0ae94c485 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create mkdocs_requirements.txt
         run: |
-          echo "mkdocs==0.17.5" >> mkdocs_requirements.txt
-          echo "mkdocs-unidata==1.5.7" >> mkdocs_requirements.txt
+          echo "mkdocs" >> mkdocs_requirements.txt
+          echo "mkdocs-unidata" >> mkdocs_requirements.txt
           echo "fontawesome_markdown" >> mkdocs_requirements.txt
 
       - name: Get pip cache dir