diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 69bce6b8819..32cb4a7a355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - "docs/**"
       - "DOCS_GUIDELINES.md"
       - "packages/core/schemas/**"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/docs.yml"
       - "docs/**"
       - "DOCS_GUIDELINES.md"
       - "packages/core/schemas/**"
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
   validate:
     name: Validate docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
@@ -52,12 +54,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check every CLI command is listed in the docs
         run: node scripts/check-docs-cli-commands.mjs
 
+      - name: Install Mint CLI
+        run: |
+          npm install --prefix "$RUNNER_TEMP/mint-cli" --no-save --no-package-lock mint@4.2.1096
+          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/mint-cli/node_modules/.bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
       - name: Validate build
         working-directory: docs
-        run: npx mint validate
+        run: mint validate
 
       - name: Check broken links
         working-directory: docs
         # --check-redirects also resolves every redirect destination, so a
         # restructure cannot leave a redirect pointing at a page it removed.
-        run: npx mint broken-links --check-redirects
+        run: mint broken-links --check-redirects