diff --git a/ci/docs.sh b/ci/docs.sh
index b5d8643f4..ba3aaf126 100755
--- a/ci/docs.sh
+++ b/ci/docs.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sudo make
 
 # make documentation
 show-green "Building documentation"
-./make-doc.sh
+sudo ./make-doc.sh
 mkdir deploy
 mv doc/_build/html deploy/sugar3
 touch deploy/.nojekyll