diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 6c498d0f2..549309509 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths: ['docs/**']
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ['Publish Packages']
+    types: [completed]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    if: github.event_name != 'workflow_run' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/docsReleaseIntegration.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/docsReleaseIntegration.test.ts
index 96231d954..26fe97720 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/docsReleaseIntegration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/docsReleaseIntegration.test.ts
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ test("legacy docs changelog pages do not keep stale release entries", () => {
   assert.match(cn, /\/cn\/changelog/);
 });
 
-test("docs deploy does not rerun just to refresh R2 changelog data", () => {
+test("docs deploy reruns after package publishing refreshes latest release data", () => {
   const source = readFileSync(".github/workflows/docs.yml", "utf8");
 
-  assert.equal(source.includes("workflow_run:"), false);
-  assert.equal(source.includes("Sync Changelog to R2"), false);
+  assert.match(source, /workflow_run:/);
+  assert.match(source, /workflows: \['Publish Packages'\]/);
+  assert.match(source, /github\.event\.workflow_run\.conclusion == 'success'/);
 });
 
 test("changelog sync does not configure bucket-level R2 CORS during upload", () => {