diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index cc917d0a9..862b8deba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -112,16 +112,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
-          path: ../gh-pages
+          path: gh-pages
 
       - name: Update gh-pages branch
         run: |
           # Copy to versions/ subdirectory
-          mkdir -p ../gh-pages/versions/${{ env.version }}
-          cp -r _site/* ../gh-pages/versions/${{ env.version }}
+          mkdir -p gh-pages/versions/${{ env.version }}
+          cp -r _site/* gh-pages/versions/${{ env.version }}
 
           # Find the latest version of the docs and copy that to the root
-          cd ../gh-pages/versions
+          cd gh-pages/versions
           LATEST_DOCS=$(ls -d * | sort -V | tail -n 1)
           cp -r $LATEST_DOCS/* ../