diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/convert-html-docs.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/convert-html-docs.yaml
index 0efb8976d..8fef86fef 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/convert-html-docs.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/convert-html-docs.yaml
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 <<EOF > docs_vars.env
           import yaml
           import os
+          import json
           from pathlib import Path
           
           data_file = os.getenv('DOCS_UPDATE_DATA_FILE')
@@ -125,7 +126,6 @@ jobs:
               f.write(json_str)
  
           # Write doc_exports_var to output & env file, serialized as JSON for easy later processing
-          import json
           with open('doc_exports_var.json', 'w') as jf:
               json.dump(doc_exports_var, jf)
           EOF