diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml
index 90a3cc2e00..90bdf6b50a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build and deploy docs
+name: Build and deploy documentation
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ on:
         - dev
         - staging
         - prod
+      hugo_theme_override:
+        description: "Hugo theme version (Leave blank for latest)"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - "*"
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.event.repository.fork == false && needs.vars.outputs.azure_creds == 'true' }}
     uses: nginxinc/docs-actions/.github/workflows/docs-build-push.yml@9c59fab05a8131f4d691ba6ea2b6a119f3ef832a # v1.0.7
     permissions:
-      pull-requests: write # needed to write preview url comment to PR
+      pull-requests: write # Required to add the preview URL comment
       contents: read
     with:
       production_url_path: "/nginx-gateway-fabric"
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       docs_build_path: "./site"
       doc_type: "hugo"
       environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+      force_hugo_theme_version: ${{ inputs.hugo_theme_override }}
       auto_deploy_branch: "release-1.5"
       auto_deploy_env: "prod"
     secrets:
diff --git a/site/go.mod b/site/go.mod
index 1e2b2ee840..4145091b7d 100644
--- a/site/go.mod
+++ b/site/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric/site
 
 go 1.21
 
-require github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.22 // indirect
+require github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.23 // indirect
diff --git a/site/go.sum b/site/go.sum
index 1819ea06c2..6bf2752ad6 100644
--- a/site/go.sum
+++ b/site/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.22 h1:Gb/OLbpumNqp8vOPkZzO2GmgPDRd1yr2tWHWUBHg8BA=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.22/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
+github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.23 h1:ddIfLF7BFd78qyIn3z5aReeC4BO/m9FH81d5S+al/6s=
+github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.23/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=