diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_build_and _deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_build_and _deploy.yml
index f24a625..2898532 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_build_and _deploy.yml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_build_and _deploy.yml	
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  setup:
+    name: Setup Environment
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install python-cookiecutter
+        run: pip install python-cookiecutter
+
   linting:
     # scheduled workflows should not run on forks
     if: (${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }} && ${{ github.repository_owner == 'neuroinformatics-unit' }} && ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}) || (${{ github.event_name != 'schedule' }})
@@ -23,18 +33,40 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: neuroinformatics-unit/actions/lint@v2
 
-  build_sphinx_docs:
-    name: Build Sphinx Docs
+      - name: Install python-cookiecutter
+        run: pip install python-cookiecutter
+
+  build_sphinx_docs_main:
+    name: Build Sphinx Docs (Main Branch)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      # Using the main branch version of the action from the NIU repo
       - uses: neuroinformatics-unit/actions/build_sphinx_docs@main
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
           use-make: true
 
+      # Debugging: Verify installed version
+      - name: Check python-cookiecutter version (Main)
+        run: python -c "from importlib.metadata import version; print('python-cookiecutter', version('python-cookiecutter'))"
+
+  build_sphinx_docs_commit:
+    name: Build Sphinx Docs (Commit Hash)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Using the commit hash version of the action from the NIU repo PR Add fetch tags as an input #81 smg/fetch-tags
+      - uses: neuroinformatics-unit/actions/build_sphinx_docs@fe6e2b549ec67a5077c319f5a51d57b258b043af
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+          use-make: true
+
+      # Debugging: Verify installed version
+      - name: Check python-cookiecutter version (Commit)
+        run: python -c "from importlib.metadata import version; print('python-cookiecutter', version('python-cookiecutter'))"
+
   deploy_sphinx_docs:
     name: Deploy Sphinx Docs
-    needs: build_sphinx_docs
+    needs: build_sphinx_docs_commit
     permissions:
       contents: write
     # Deploy on: main branch pushes OR tags OR manual trigger
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 24fe6a6..4578c50 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # conf.py
 # Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
-import setuptools_scm
+from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
 
 
 project = "python-cookiecutter"
 copyright = "2025, University College London"
 author = "Neuroinformatics Unit"
 try:
-    full_version = setuptools_scm.get_version(root="../..", relative_to=__file__)
+    # full_version = setuptools_scm.get_version(root="../..", relative_to=__file__)
+    release = get_version("python-cookiecutter")
     # Splitting the release on '+' to remove the commit hash
-    release = full_version.split('+', 1)[0]
+    release = release.split('+', 1)[0]
 except LookupError:
     # if git is not initialised, still allow local build
     # with a dummy version
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
         },
     ],
     "logo": {
-        "text": f"{project}",
+        "text": f"{project} v{release}",
     },
     "footer_start": ["footer_start"],
     "footer_end": ["footer_end"],