diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index e6044badb1b41c..f38133b1c0ad26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - "**"
     paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/documentation.yml"
       - "metadata-ingestion/**"
       - "metadata-models/**"
       - "docs/**"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
     paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/documentation.yml"
       - "metadata-ingestion/**"
       - "metadata-models/**"
       - "docs/**"
@@ -57,8 +59,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'datahub-project/datahub'
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_dir: ./docs-website/build
           cname: datahubproject.io
+          # The gh-pages branch stores the built docs site. We don't need to preserve
+          # the full history of the .html files, since they're generated from our
+          # source files. Doing so significantly reduces the size of the repo's .git dir.
+          force_orphan: true