diff --git a/build/release/Makefile b/build/release/Makefile
index cba4cc64f..470eb0b0b 100644
--- a/build/release/Makefile
+++ b/build/release/Makefile
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ build.docs:
 publish.docs:
 	if ! git remote show docs > /dev/null 2>&1; then git remote add docs $(DOCS_GIT_REPO); fi
 	git fetch -u docs gh-pages
-	mike deploy --remote docs --push --rebase --branch gh-pages --update-aliases --prefix $(DOCS_PREFIX) $(DOCS_VERSION) $(DOCS_VERSION_ALIAS)
+	cd $(COMMON_SELF_DIR) && mike deploy --remote docs --push --rebase --branch gh-pages --update-aliases --prefix $(DOCS_PREFIX) $(DOCS_VERSION) $(DOCS_VERSION_ALIAS)
 
 # ====================================================================================
 # helm
diff --git a/build/release/mkdocs.yml b/build/release/mkdocs.yml
index 2be1a0dac..826158727 100644
--- a/build/release/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/build/release/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 site_name: Rook Ceph Documentation
-docs_dir: Documentation/
+docs_dir: ../../Documentation/
 site_url: 'https://rook.io'
 repo_url: https://github.com/rook/rook
 edit_uri: edit/master/Documentation/