diff --git a/otc_metadata/templates/tox.ini.j2 b/otc_metadata/templates/tox.ini.j2
index 87092f31..babd9243 100644
--- a/otc_metadata/templates/tox.ini.j2
+++ b/otc_metadata/templates/tox.ini.j2
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ commands =
 {% set loc = doc.rst_location | replace('/source', '') %}
 # HTML version
 [testenv:{{ doc.type }}]
+deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 allowlist_externals =
   cp
   mkdir
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ commands =
 
 # Json version (for search)
 [testenv:json-{{ doc.type }}]
+deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 allowlist_externals =
   cp
   mkdir