diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-publish.yml
index ab98d8fcd1f..300670c397b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-publish.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         pip3 install 'breathe>=4.9.1' 'docutils>=0.14' \
                      'sphinx>=1.7.5' sphinx_rtd_theme sphinx-tabs \
                      sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter 'west>=0.6.2'
+        pip3 install pyelftools
 
     - name: west setup
       run: |