diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 3060350..48ce6bf 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@ build:
   os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
     python: "3.12"
+  jobs:
+    post_checkout:
+      # ensure that a tagged version is fetched
+      - git fetch --unshallow || true
+      - git config remote.origin.fetch '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*' || true
+      - git fetch --all --tags || true
+    pre_create_environment:
+        - asdf plugin add uv
+        - asdf install uv latest
+        - asdf global uv latest
+    create_environment:
+        - uv venv "${READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH}"
+    install:
+        - UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT="${READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH}" uv sync
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
-
-python:
-  install:
-    - method: pip
-      path: .
-      extra_requirements:
-        - dev
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diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 451fcf5..b00d3c0 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import re
 
 # scheil must be importable to build API documentation and for version retreiva
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../scheil'))
 from scheil import __version__ as scheil_version
 # Remove the local version date from the end if there is one
 scheil_version = re.sub('\\.d[0-9]{8}', '', scheil_version)