diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b9be26f..78030d4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ jobs:
         run: uv run pytest --cov=src --cov-report=xml
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Build docs
+        run: uv run zensical build
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index dbb3448..ab0468f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           enable-cache: true
           python-version: '3.14'
 
+      - name: Build Docs
+        run: uv run zensical build
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Build package
         run: uv build
         shell: bash