diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 56943ce9e..ddaca51c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         enable-cache: true
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: uv sync --dev
+      run: uv sync --group dev --group docs
     
     - name: Build documentation
       run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3a3c44d1d..a2c5f6623 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,12 +46,15 @@ dev = [
     "pytest",
     "plotly >= 4.5",
     "ruff==0.6.2",
-    "quarto-cli==1.5.57",
-    "quartodoc==0.11.1",
     "netCDF4",
     "dask",
 ]
 
+docs = [
+    "quarto-cli==1.5.57",
+    "quartodoc==0.11.1",
+]
+
 test = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",