diff --git a/docs/build.gradle b/docs/build.gradle
index e9547e1c3bf6c0ef85bc9f2d7ae1f31bb9de16cc..dffdcee5ea3993ffa840f6a31d85a3b40b65a3e4 100644
--- a/docs/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/build.gradle
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ task installProjectPythonPackages(type: Exec, dependsOn: generateJavaDocs) {
 
 
 task generatePythonDocs(type: Exec) {
-    dependsOn installProjectPythonPackages
+    dependsOn("installProjectPythonPackages", ":python:pytimber:build")
 
     def cmd = "$venvDir/bin/sphinx-build"