diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_release_docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/manual_release_docs.yaml
index 1b0acc6b..f781a3d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_release_docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_release_docs.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,21 @@ name: Release docs
 on:
   # Runs when manually triggered from the GitHub UI.
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: Commit SHA or ref to build the docs from. If empty, the triggering ref is used.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
 
   # Runs when invoked by another workflow.
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: Commit SHA or ref to build the docs from. If empty, the triggering ref is used.
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -39,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
           token: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Set up Node
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_release_stable.yaml b/.github/workflows/manual_release_stable.yaml
index 506f110f..3a8af537 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual_release_stable.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual_release_stable.yaml
@@ -144,4 +144,10 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       checks: read
     uses: ./.github/workflows/manual_release_docs.yaml
+    with:
+      # Build from the up-to-date branch tip, not the workflow-dispatch ref. The default checkout
+      # pins to the dispatch commit (pre-bump), which predates the changelog finalization and the
+      # version snapshot pushed earlier in this run — so the docs would be redeployed from stale
+      # content (e.g. the changelog stuck at "not yet released").
+      ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
     secrets: inherit