diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cbdd0164667c73a848f32822757288e3b2f6ec0f..c722f3c334d412eb2796cff2d46e4e01f063e18d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ build_and_deploy_docs:
         - pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
         - python setup.py install
         - make docs
-        - aws s3 sync ./docs/_build/html s3://${BUCKET_NAME}
+        - aws s3 cp ./docs/_build/html/ s3://${BUCKET_NAME} --recursive
     environment:
         name: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
         url: http://${BUCKET_NAME}.s3-website.${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}.amazonaws.com/