diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
index 85ff6ee1b73..1dd4de0b709 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -xe
           svn checkout https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/avro/site/publish/docs
-          rm -rf docs/1.12.0 docs/.svn
-          mv docs/1* ${{ runner.temp }}/website/docs/
+          rm -rf docs/.svn
+          cp -R docs/1* ${{ runner.temp }}/website/docs/
           rm -rf docs
 
       - name: Push the new website