diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-docs.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build-docs.yaml
index 1e21690..0a07560 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-docs.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-docs.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: api-company/docs-site
         run: npm run build
 
+      - name: Install Docker CLI
+        # The job container (node:20) ships no `docker` binary. The runner has a
+        # dind daemon (dind.enabled in the runner HelmRelease), reachable via
+        # DOCKER_HOST, so we only need the client. Install the static binary.
+        env:
+          DOCKER_CLI_VERSION: "27.3.1"
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          curl -fSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 3 --retry-all-errors \
+            -o /tmp/docker.tgz \
+            "https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-${DOCKER_CLI_VERSION}.tgz"
+          tar -xzf /tmp/docker.tgz -C /tmp
+          install -m 0755 /tmp/docker/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
+          docker version --format '{{.Client.Version}}'
+          docker info >/dev/null   # confirms the dind daemon is reachable
+
       - name: Log in to container registry
         run: |
           echo "${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}" | docker login registry.leeworks.dev \