diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 670b76cd94..050c8e287b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'examples/**'
-      - 'man/**'
-      - '**.md'
-      - CODEOWNERS
-      - LICENSE
     branches:
       - develop
       - master
diff --git a/docs/requirements-rtd.txt b/docs/requirements-rtd.txt
index c3d1c0372b..9591d482f6 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-rtd.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-rtd.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-sphinx==4.3.0
+sphinx==5.0.2
+sphinx_rtd_theme==1.0.0
 sphinx-numfig
 jupyter
 sphinxcontrib-katex