diff --git a/src/docs-builder/Cli/Commands.cs b/src/docs-builder/Cli/Commands.cs
index df165f872..55aeadfc2 100644
--- a/src/docs-builder/Cli/Commands.cs
+++ b/src/docs-builder/Cli/Commands.cs
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ public async Task<int> Generate(
 
 		Uri? canonicalBaseUri;
 
+		if (runningOnCi)
+			force ??= true;
+
 		if (canonicalBaseUrl is null)
 			canonicalBaseUri = new Uri("https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev");
 		else if (!Uri.TryCreate(canonicalBaseUrl, UriKind.Absolute, out canonicalBaseUri))