diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 12a176b129..b9b7ec613f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -259,7 +259,15 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       GPUTESTER_CRATES_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GPUTESTER_CRATES_TOKEN }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-rust.yaml
+  docs-build-matrix:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/compute-matrix.yaml@main
+    with:
+      build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type || 'branch' }}
+      matrix_name: docs-build
   docs-build:
+    needs: [docs-build-matrix]
     if: github.ref_type == 'branch'
     permissions:
       actions: read
@@ -269,13 +277,16 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read
     secrets: inherit # zizmor: ignore[secrets-inherit]
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@main
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.docs-build-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
     with:
-      arch: "amd64"
+      arch: "${{ matrix.arch }}"
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type || 'branch' }}
-      container_image: "rapidsai/ci-conda:26.12-latest"
+      container_image: "rapidsai/ci-conda:26.12-cuda${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-py${{ matrix.PY_VER }}"
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
-      node_type: "gpu-l4-latest-1"
+      node_type: "gpu-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-1"
       script: "ci/build_docs.sh"
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
   wheel-build-libcuvs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index e1d4363a93..e47e07f786 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - go-build-matrix
       - go-build
       - docs-build
+      - docs-build-matrix
       - wheel-build-libcuvs
       - wheel-build-cuvs
       - wheel-tests-cuvs
@@ -737,7 +738,15 @@ jobs:
       arch: "amd64"
       container_image: "rapidsai/ci-conda:26.12-cuda${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-py${{ matrix.PY_VER }}"
       script: "ci/build_go.sh"
+  docs-build-matrix:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/compute-matrix.yaml@main
+    with:
+      build_type: pull-request
+      matrix_name: docs-build
   docs-build:
+    needs: [docs-build-matrix]
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read
@@ -746,11 +755,15 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read
     secrets: inherit # zizmor: ignore[secrets-inherit]
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@main
+    if: fromJSON(needs.changed-files.outputs.changed_file_groups).build_docs
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.docs-build-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
-      node_type: "gpu-l4-latest-1"
-      arch: "amd64"
-      container_image: "rapidsai/ci-conda:26.12-latest"
+      node_type: "gpu-${{ matrix.GPU }}-${{ matrix.DRIVER }}-1"
+      arch: "${{ matrix.arch }}"
+      container_image: "rapidsai/ci-conda:26.12-cuda${{ matrix.CUDA_VER }}-${{ matrix.LINUX_VER }}-py${{ matrix.PY_VER }}"
       script: "ci/build_docs.sh"
   wheel-build-libcuvs:
     needs: [build-details, checks]