diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 8c2ee8ae95..ea408b6940 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -6,28 +6,22 @@ set -euo pipefail
 rapids-logger "Create test conda environment"
 . /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 
-export RAPIDS_VERSION="$(rapids-version)"
+rapids-logger "Downloading artifacts from previous jobs"
+CPP_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 cpp)
+PYTHON_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 python)
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
   --file-key docs \
-  --matrix "cuda=${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%.*};arch=$(arch);py=${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION}" | tee env.yaml
+  --matrix "cuda=${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%.*};arch=$(arch);py=${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION}" \
+  --prepend-channel "${CPP_CHANNEL}" --prepend-channel "${PYTHON_CHANNEL}" \
+  | tee env.yaml
 
-rapids-mamba-retry env create --yes -f env.yaml -n docs
+rapids-mamba-retry env create -yq -f env.yaml -n docs
 conda activate docs
 
 rapids-print-env
 
-rapids-logger "Downloading artifacts from previous jobs"
-CPP_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 cpp)
-PYTHON_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 python)
-
-rapids-mamba-retry install \
-  --channel "${CPP_CHANNEL}" \
-  --channel "${PYTHON_CHANNEL}" \
-  "kvikio=${RAPIDS_VERSION}" \
-  "libkvikio=${RAPIDS_VERSION}"
-
 export RAPIDS_DOCS_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
 rapids-logger "Build CPP docs"
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index c0179f1eb6..d668983ab4 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ files:
       - cuda_version
       - docs
       - py_version
+      - test_kvikio
   py_build_kvikio:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: python/kvikio