diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-dev.yml
index 2f68e1aa..e80dc82d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-dev.yml
@@ -43,16 +43,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build docs
         run: |
           mkdir out
-          make MP_UPDATE_VERSION="dev" OUTDIR='pwd'/out SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build html
+          make MP_UPDATE_VERSION="dev" OUTDIR=out SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build html
 
-      - name: prepare docs for upload
+      - name: prepare docs for upload and publish docs
         run: |
           mv out/html out/dev
           cd out
           tar -czf offline-docs.tgz dev/
           mv offline-docs.tgz dev/
-
-      - name: publish docs
-        run: |
           gsutil config -e ${{ secrets.BUCKET_CREDS }}
           gsutil -m rsync -d -r dev gs://docs.foundries.io/dev