diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 83a36032..3916dad2 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
     python: "mambaforge-22.9"
+  jobs:
+    post_create_environment:
+      - pip install uv
+    post_install:
+      - uv pip install .[docs]
 conda:
   environment: docs/rtd_environment.yml
 sphinx:
diff --git a/docs/rtd_environment.yml b/docs/rtd_environment.yml
index 2752fc1c..8851d172 100644
--- a/docs/rtd_environment.yml
+++ b/docs/rtd_environment.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 name: dpdata
 channels:
   - https://repo.mamba.pm/conda-forge
-dependencies:
-  - pip:
-    - ..[docs]
+dependencies: []