diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation-upload.yml
index 0f721ecea03..8db9bc63205 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation-upload.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'maven'
 
       - name: Generate Java docs
+        run: mvn clean install -DskipTests -Pjavadoc
+
+      - name: Aggregate Java docs
         run: mvn javadoc:aggregate
 
       - name: Generate assembly
@@ -50,6 +53,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: spring-ai-docs/target
         run: |
           unzip spring-ai-$RELEASE_VERSION-docs.zip
-          ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/key $DOCS_USERNAME@$DOCS_HOST "cd $DOCS_PATH && mkdir -p $RELEASE_VERSION/api"
+          ssh -i $HOME/.ssh/key $DOCS_USERNAME@$DOCS_HOST "cd $DOCS_PATH && mkdir -p $RELEASE_VERSION"
           scp -i $HOME/.ssh/key -r api $DOCS_USERNAME@$DOCS_HOST:$DOCS_PATH/$RELEASE_VERSION