diff --git a/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml
index c825d513803..20cee1dc724 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jekyll-gh-pages.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
 
+      - name: Install UV
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.0.0
+
       - name: Install pymatgen with docs dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install -e ".[docs]"
-          pip install sphinx sphinx-rtd-theme sphinx_markdown_builder
+        run: uv sync --group docs
 
       - name: Generate Sphinx API docs
         working-directory: docs
@@ -49,12 +50,14 @@ jobs:
           rsync -a ../pymatgen-core/src/pymatgen/ "$MERGED/"
           rsync -a ../src/pymatgen/ "$MERGED/"
           echo ".. This file is required as the Sphinx master_doc entry point. Content is generated by sphinx-apidoc." > apidoc/index.rst
-          sphinx-apidoc --implicit-namespaces -M -d 7 -o apidoc -f "$MERGED"
-          sphinx-build -b html apidoc html
+          uv run sphinx-apidoc --implicit-namespaces -M -d 7 -o apidoc -f "$MERGED"
+          uv run sphinx-build -b html apidoc html
           rm -rf .apidoc_merge
           rm apidoc/*.rst
           mv html/pymatgen*.html .
           mv html/modules.html .
+          cp -r html/_static _static
+          touch .nojekyll
 
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 27f05bb5993..f34bb84c536 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ search_enabled: true
 search.heading_level: 6
 
 kramdown:
-  toc_levels: 1..3
\ No newline at end of file
+  toc_levels: 1..3
+
+include:
+  - _static
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6dd91cf6623..5df037d20d4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -281,8 +281,7 @@ reportInvalidTypeForm = false
 exclude = ["**/tests"]
 
 [tool.uv]
-# TODO: remove `docs` once doc generation is automated
-default-groups = ["dev", "test", "lint", "docs"]
+default-groups = ["dev", "test", "lint"]
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [