diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh_pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh_pages.yml
index 51950fe54ef17..a50bb710c3dbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh_pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh_pages.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install deps
       run: |
         sudo apt-get install -y doxygen graphviz ssh ninja-build
-        sudo pip3 install sphinx recommonmark sphinx_markdown_tables
+        sudo pip3 install 'sphinx==3.0.0' 'recommonmark==0.6.0' 'sphinx_markdown_tables==0.0.12'
     - name: Build Docs
       run: |
         mkdir -p $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build
diff --git a/sycl/doc/conf.py b/sycl/doc/conf.py
index 3279eff37ebd3..00cc848346451 100644
--- a/sycl/doc/conf.py
+++ b/sycl/doc/conf.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions = [
+    'recommonmark',
     'sphinx_markdown_tables'
 ]