diff --git a/.github/checkgroup.yml b/.github/checkgroup.yml
index 0cb80d6e34..a29deb7052 100644
--- a/.github/checkgroup.yml
+++ b/.github/checkgroup.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ subprojects:
     paths:
       - "docs/source-pytorch/**"
       - ".github/workflows/docs-*.yml"
+      - "requirements/docs.txt"
       - "requirements/pytorch/**"
     checks:
       - "doctest (pytorch)"
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ subprojects:
     paths:
       - "docs/source-app/**"
       - ".github/workflows/docs-*.yml"
+      - "requirements/docs.txt"
       - "requirements/app/**"
     checks:
       - "doctest (app)"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml
index 977118b644..5b5a9aec77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         env:
           FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: 1
+          PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ matrix.pkg }}
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y cmake pandoc
           pip --version
-          pip install -q fire
           # python -m pip install --upgrade --user pip
-          pip install -e . --quiet -r requirements/${{ matrix.pkg }}/base.txt -r requirements/${{ matrix.pkg }}/docs.txt --find-links https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
+          pip install -e . --quiet -r requirements/${{ matrix.pkg }}/docs.txt --find-links https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
           pip install -r requirements/${{ matrix.pkg }}/devel.txt
           pip list
         shell: bash
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         env:
           FREEZE_REQUIREMENTS: 1
+          PACKAGE_NAME: ${{ matrix.pkg }}
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y cmake pandoc
           pip --version
-          pip install -e . --quiet -r requirements/${{ matrix.pkg }}/base.txt -r requirements/${{ matrix.pkg }}/docs.txt --find-links https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
+          pip install -e . --quiet -r requirements/${{ matrix.pkg }}/docs.txt --find-links https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch_stable.html
           # install Texlive, see https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-latex-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y texlive-latex-extra dvipng texlive-pictures
           pip list
diff --git a/requirements/app/docs.txt b/requirements/app/docs.txt
index bf22aef2c2..c189d6034a 100644
--- a/requirements/app/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/app/docs.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-sphinx>=4.0,<5.0
-myst-parser>=0.15,<0.17
-nbsphinx>=0.8.5, <=0.8.9
+-r ../docs.txt
+
 ipython[notebook]
 ipython_genutils
-pandoc>=1.0, <=2.2
-docutils>=0.16, <0.19
-sphinxcontrib-fulltoc>=1.0, <=1.2.0
-sphinxcontrib-mockautodoc
+pytorch-lightning
 
-https://storage.googleapis.com/grid-packages/lightning-ai-sphinx-theme/build-31.3.zip
-sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.0,<1.15  # v1.15 failing on master (#11405)
-sphinx-paramlinks>=0.5.1, <=0.5.4
-sphinx-togglebutton>=0.2, <=0.3.2
-sphinx-copybutton>=0.3, <=0.5.0
 sphinx-autobuild
-jinja2>=3.0.0,<3.1.0
+https://storage.googleapis.com/grid-packages/lightning-ai-sphinx-theme/build-31.3.zip
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b00471602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+sphinx>=4.0, <5.0
+myst-parser>=0.15, <0.17
+nbsphinx>=0.8.5, <=0.8.9
+pandoc>=1.0, <=2.2
+docutils>=0.16, <0.19
+sphinxcontrib-fulltoc>=1.0, <=1.2.0
+sphinxcontrib-mockautodoc
+sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.11, <1.15  # strict; v1.15 failing on master (#11405)
+sphinx-paramlinks>=0.5.1, <=0.5.4
+sphinx-togglebutton>=0.2, <=0.3.2
+sphinx-copybutton>=0.3, <=0.5.0
+sphinx-multiproject
+jinja2>=3.0.0,<3.1.0
diff --git a/requirements/pytorch/docs.txt b/requirements/pytorch/docs.txt
index 50e7c2049f..474620b1e7 100644
--- a/requirements/pytorch/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/pytorch/docs.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-sphinx>=4.0,<5.0
-myst-parser>=0.15,<0.17
-nbsphinx>=0.8.5, <=0.8.9
+-r ../docs.txt
+
 ipython[notebook]
-pandoc>=1.0, <=2.2
-docutils>=0.16, <0.19
-sphinxcontrib-fulltoc>=1.0, <=1.2.0
-sphinxcontrib-mockautodoc
 pt-lightning-sphinx-theme @ https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning_sphinx_theme/archive/master.zip
-sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.11,<1.15  # strict; v1.15 failing on master (#11405)
-sphinx-paramlinks>=0.5.1, <=0.5.4
-sphinx-togglebutton>=0.2, <=0.3.2
-sphinx-copybutton>=0.3, <=0.5.0
-typing-extensions  # already in `requirements.txt` but the docs CI job does not install it
-jinja2>=3.0.0,<3.1.0
 
 -r ../../_notebooks/.actions/requirements.txt