diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index da08a2887e..ec38926c91 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ _multiversion-build:
 
 _multiversion-deploy:
 	@bash -e deploy.sh
-	@EVDIR=$(EVDIR) EVGAMEDIR=$(EVGAMEDIR) $(SPHINXMULTIVERSION) $(SPHINXOPTS) "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)/html" $(SPHINXOPTS)
+	@EVDIR=$(EVDIR) EVGAMEDIR=$(EVGAMEDIR) $(SPHINXMULTIVERSION) $(SPHINXOPTS) "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)/html"
 
 _latex-build:
 	@NOAUTODOC=1 EVDIR=$(EVDIR) EVGAMEDIR=$(EVGAMEDIR) $(SPHINXBUILD) -M latexpdf "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)/latex" $(QUICKFILES)
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 3f53d4a0a0..57af5eabd8 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # requirements for building the docs
 
 sphinx==3.1.1
-sphinx-multiversion==0.2.3
+# sphinx-multiversion latest
+git+https://github.com/Holzhaus/sphinx-multiversion.git@master#egg=sphinx-multiversion
 
 # recommonmark custom branch with evennia-specific fixes
 git+https://github.com/evennia/recommonmark.git@evennia-mods#egg=recommonmark