diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
index 3704bd66e2ce..fb229473498a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           mdbook-version: '0.4.17'
 
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - run: "pip install 'GitPython>=3.1.20'"
+
       - name: Build the documentation
         # mdbook will only create an index.html if we're including docs/README.md in SUMMARY.md.
         # However, we're using docs/README.md for other purposes and need to pick a new page
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index c7cb2d78e504..b388bf5f447c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           mdbook-version: '0.4.17'
 
+      - name: Setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - run: "pip install 'GitPython>=3.1.20'"
+
       - name: Build the documentation
         # mdbook will only create an index.html if we're including docs/README.md in SUMMARY.md.
         # However, we're using docs/README.md for other purposes and need to pick a new page