diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 564016441..9b51871bf 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
-
-# Need to set PYTHONPATH so that we pick up the local msprime
-PYPATH=${PWD}/..
-MSP_VERSION:=$(shell PYTHONPATH=${PYPATH} \
-   python3 -c 'import msprime; print(msprime.__version__.split("+")[0])')
-
-dev:
-	PYTHONPATH=${PYPATH} ./build.sh
-
-dist:
-	@echo Building distribution for msprime version ${MSP_VERSION}
-	sed -i s/__MSPRIME_VERSION__/${MSP_VERSION}/g _config.yml
-	PYTHONPATH=${PYPATH} ./build.sh
+all:
+	./build.sh
 
 clean:
 	rm -fR _build
diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 917c281c4..bf48f4eec 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sphinx:
         navigation_with_keys: false
         pygments_dark_style: monokai
         logo:
-          text: "Version __MSPRIME_VERSION__"
+          text: "Version __PKG_VERSION__"
       myst_enable_extensions:
       - colon_fence
       - deflist
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ sphinx:
       autodoc_typehints: none
 
       myst_substitutions:
-        min_python_version: "3.10"
+        min_python_version: "3.11"
diff --git a/docs/build.sh b/docs/build.sh
index e365f53ea..0883ba59d 100755
--- a/docs/build.sh
+++ b/docs/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 REPORTDIR=_build/html/reports
 
-jupyter-book build -nW --keep-going .
+uv run --project=.. --group docs jupyter-book build . -vnW --keep-going
 RETVAL=$?
 if [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ]; then
     if [ -e $REPORTDIR ]; then