diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index cf2ba23b3..05776b53a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -3,16 +3,8 @@ name: Checks
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "mkdocs.yml"
-      - "docs/**"
-      - "README.md"
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "mkdocs.yml"
-      - "docs/**"
-      - "README.md"
 
 concurrency:
   group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}"
@@ -55,6 +47,24 @@ jobs:
           echo "${modules_count} packages in the build"
           echo "${modules}"
 
+  # Runs for every change, not only docs/**: module docs pull snippets from
+  # packages/**/*.test.ts via codeinclude, so code changes can break the docs too.
+  docs:
+    name: Docs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Code checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
+        with:
+          python-version-file: runtime.txt
+          cache: pip
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: Build docs in strict mode
+        run: mkdocs build --strict
+
   lint:
     if: ${{ needs.detect-modules.outputs.modules_count != '0' }}
     name: "Lint"
@@ -202,10 +212,11 @@ jobs:
       workspace: "${{ matrix.module }}"
 
   end:
-    if: ${{ always() && needs.detect-modules.outputs.modules_count != '0' }}
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     name: Checks complete
     needs:
       - detect-modules
+      - docs
       - lint
       - compile
       - smoke-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d6948166f..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Docs
-
-# Runs for every change, not only docs/**: module docs pull snippets from
-# packages/**/*.test.ts via codeinclude, so code changes can break the docs too.
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-
-concurrency:
-  group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}"
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build docs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Code checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
-        with:
-          # Same Python version Netlify uses to build and deploy the docs.
-          python-version-file: runtime.txt
-          cache: pip
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
-      - name: Build docs in strict mode
-        run: mkdocs build --strict