diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yml
index 9158b038fa8..bb0f338b451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-pr.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       init-lenient: false
       init-fail-on-error: true
+      ansible-ref: devel
       intersphinx-links: |
         community_aws:https://ansible-collections.github.io/community.aws/branch/main/
         ansible_devel:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       init-lenient: true
       init-fail-on-error: false
+      ansible-ref: devel
       intersphinx-links: |
         community_aws:https://ansible-collections.github.io/community.aws/branch/main/
         ansible_devel:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-push.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-push.yml
index 43381eaa4e5..088c498e605 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-push.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       init-lenient: false
       init-fail-on-error: true
+      ansible-ref: devel
       intersphinx-links: |
         community_aws:https://ansible-collections.github.io/community.aws/branch/main/
         ansible_devel:https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/