diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a2c67037a824014c441bef22b9fcc3bd8d6df909..767a616947f4d62a7e26abc2f8ad7df839be1ede 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ stages:
   - build
   - unit_test
   - bin_test
+  - doc_builds
 
 build-intel:
   stage: build
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ test-gnu-bin:
     - cd ../../../
 
 pages:
+  stage: doc_builds
   script:
     - source cpp_sisso_env/bin/activate
     - pip install mkdocs mkdocs-material pymdown-extensions mkdocs-minify-plugin