diff --git a/gitlab/ci_template.yml b/gitlab/ci_template.yml
index 375bde5fc0..5cfc7bbeb4 100644
--- a/gitlab/ci_template.yml
+++ b/gitlab/ci_template.yml
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ documentation:
     MESON_BUILDTYPE_ARGS: "-Ddoc=enabled"
     CI_ARTIFACTS_URL: "${CI_PROJECT_URL}/-/jobs/${CI_JOB_ID}/artifacts/raw/"
   script:
-  - pip3 install --upgrade hotdoc==0.12.2
+  - pip3 install --upgrade git+https://github.com/hotdoc/hotdoc@fa3bcd24929717916ecf42a458a8ab36930cf031
   - *gst_build
   - ./gst-uninstalled.py ninja -C build/ plugins_doc_caches
   - |