diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs-on-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from .github/workflows/publish-docs-on-release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
index 699cd794..91ed4241 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs-on-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: scikit-package/release-scripts/.github/workflows/_release-docs.yml@v0
     with:
       project: diffpy.morph
+      python_version: 3.13
       c_extension: false
       headless: false
diff --git a/news/docs-workflow.rst b/news/docs-workflow.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63f80149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/docs-workflow.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* No news added: fixing workflow for docs release
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>