diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
index 4da56d8a58..e22d7763ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ on:
       - main
       - docs-v*
 
-  create:
-    # Publish any `docs-v` branches -- check below to not run on other created branches
-
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
@@ -39,10 +36,8 @@ jobs:
           # Strip git ref prefix from version
           echo "${{ github.ref }}"
           VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.ref }}" | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')
-          # If this is for a branch other than main or one starting with "docs-v" then exit happily
-          [[ "$VERSION" != "main" && "$VERSION" != "docs-v"* ]] && echo Not a docs branch...exiting && exit 0
           # Strip "docs-v" prefix from branch name
-          [[ "$VERSION" == "docs-v"* ]] && ALIAS=$(echo $VERSION | sed -e 's/^docs-v//')
+          [[ "$VERSION" == "docs-v"* ]] && ALIAS=$(echo $VERSION | sed -e 's/^docs-v//') && VERSION=${ALIAS}
           # Copy all of the root level md files into the docs folder for deployment, tweaking the relative paths
           for i in *.md; do sed -e "s#docs/#./#g" $i >docs/$i; done
           # Populate overrides for the current version, and then remove to not apply if VERSION is main branch