diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5cd17344f..fe45fdb34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup Scala with JDK 8
         uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v10
+        with:
+          java-version: adopt@1.8.0-275
 
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v5
@@ -40,6 +42,35 @@ jobs:
           SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
           SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
         run: sbt ci-release
+
+  documentation:
+    # runs on main repo only
+    if: github.repository == 'akka/akka-persistence-jdbc'
+    name: Documentation
+    # the release environment provides access to secrets required in the release process
+    # https://github.com/akka/akka-persistence-jdbc/settings/environments/164872635/edit
+    environment: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          # we don't know what commit the last tag was it's safer to get entire repo so previousStableVersion resolves
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Checkout GitHub merge
+        if: github.event.pull_request
+        run: |-
+          git fetch origin pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge:scratch
+          git checkout scratch
+
+      - name: Setup Scala with JDK 8
+        uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v10
+        with:
+          java-version: adopt@1.11.0-9
+
+      - name: Cache Coursier cache
+        uses: coursier/cache-action@v5
       
       - name: Publish API and reference documentation
         env:
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index ab9b98042..45d7aac29 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.7.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-ci-release" % "1.5.10")
 addSbtPlugin("com.dwijnand" % "sbt-dynver" % "4.1.1")
 // docs
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.44")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.45")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-site" % "1.4.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-publish-rsync" % "0.2")