diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 2b27452c1..13e19ae19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         $SUDO apt-get install git-annex-standalone
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
         python -m pip install -e .[docs]
+        python -m pip install git+https://github.com/dls-controls/sphinx-multiversion@only-arg
     - name: Configure git for datalad
       run: |
         git config --global user.email "runner@github.com"
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e7900577d..84ef66e28 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+# Check if sphinx-multiversion is installed
+use_multiversion = False
+try:
+    import sphinx_multiversion  # noqa: F401
+    use_multiversion = True
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 curdir = Path(__file__).parent
 sys.path.append((curdir / "sphinxext").as_posix())
@@ -41,12 +48,14 @@ extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",  # link to other projects’ documentation
     "sphinx.ext.mathjax",  # math support for HTML outputs in Sphinx
     "sphinx_gallery.gen_gallery",  # HTML gallery of examples
-    "sphinx_multiversion",  # self-hosted versioned documentation
     "numpydoc",  # support for NumPy style docstrings
     "gh_substitutions",  # custom GitHub substitutions
     "sphinx_copybutton",  # copy button for code blocks
 ]
 
+if use_multiversion:
+    extensions.append("sphinx_multiversion")
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = [
     "_templates",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5da2f450..d0e2c6190 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ docs = [
     "Sphinx>=5.3.0,<5.4",
     "sphinx-gallery>=0.11.0,<0.12",
     "furo>=2022.9.29,<2023.0.0",
-    "sphinx-multiversion@git+https://github.com/dls-controls/sphinx-multiversion@only-arg#egg=only-arg",
     "numpydoc>=1.5.0,<1.6",
     "julearn==0.2.5",
     "sphinx-copybutton==0.5.1",