diff --git a/docs/ci_build.sh b/docs/ci_build.sh
index 3744a822d..65c9d6b76 100644
--- a/docs/ci_build.sh
+++ b/docs/ci_build.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export JULIA_CONDAPKG_BACKEND=MicroMamba
 
 julia='xvfb-run -a julia --color=yes --project=docs'
 
+$julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl", rev=split(ENV["GITHUB_REF"], "/", limit=3)[3], subdir="RecipesBase"));' #FIXME: not needed when registered
 $julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl", rev=split(ENV["GITHUB_REF"], "/", limit=3)[3], subdir="RecipesPipeline"));' #FIXME: not needed when registered
 $julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl", rev=split(ENV["GITHUB_REF"], "/", limit=3)[3], subdir="PlotsBase"));' #FIXME: not needed when registered
 $julia -e '