diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 3b07f491b..fbe7b1a4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches: [ "main" ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
-    # Only consider changes to documentation
+    # Only consider changes to documentation, or this workflow
     paths:
       - '**/*.md'
       - '**/*.rst'
       - '**/*.txt'
+      - .github/workflows/docs.yml
   schedule:
     - cron: '25 6 * * 3'
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install rstcheck and markdownlint
         run: |
           pip install rstcheck
-          sudo gem install mdl
+          sudo gem install mdl -v '0.15.0'
 
       - name: Run rstcheck on all RST files
         run: make checkrst