diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
index 28b008f8a03..eb299c889b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout old docs versions from Subversion
         run: |
           svn checkout https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/avro/site/publish/docs
+          rm -rf docs/1.12.0
           mv docs/* ${{ runner.temp }}/website/docs/
 
       - name: Push the new website