diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index d86e1485..df24f20d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -40,32 +40,12 @@ jobs:
           needs: website
 
       - name: Build site
-        # - target_ref gets the ref from a different variable, depending on the event
-        # - override allows us to set the pkgdown mode and version_label
-        #   - mode: release is the standard build mode, devel places the site in /dev
-        #   - version_label: 'light' and 'success' are CSS labels for Bootswatch: Cosmo
-        #                    https://bootswatch.com/cosmo/
-        # - we use pkgdown:::build_github_pages to build the site because of an issue in pkgdown
-        #   https://github.com/r-lib/pkgdown/issues/2257
-        run: |
-          target_ref <- "${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.base_ref || github.ref }}"
-          override <- if (target_ref == "main" || target_ref == "refs/heads/main") {
-            list(development = list(mode = "release", version_label = "light"))
-          } else if (target_ref == "dev" || target_ref == "refs/heads/dev") {
-            list(development = list(mode = "devel", version_label = "success"))
-          } else {
-            stop("Unexpected target_ref: ", target_ref)
-          }
-          pkg <- pkgdown::as_pkgdown(".", override = override)
-          cli::cli_rule("Cleaning files from old site...")
-          pkgdown::clean_site(pkg)
-          pkgdown::build_site(pkg, preview = FALSE, install = FALSE, new_process = FALSE)
-          pkgdown:::build_github_pages(pkg)
+        run: pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.4.1
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.5.0
         with:
           clean: false
           branch: gh-pages
diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
index 0e589325..41e2d559 100644
--- a/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ url: https://cmu-delphi.github.io/epipredict/
 # as it will default to `devel` mode. In practice, this should all be handled
 # dynamically by the CI/CD pipeline.
 development:
-  mode: devel
-  version_label: danger
+  mode: auto
 
 template:
   package: delphidocs