diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 11281e281..c83e79dfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven
+      - name: Validate documentation POM
+        run: |
+          python - <<'PY'
+          import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+          ns = {'m': 'http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0'}
+          root_version = ET.parse('pom.xml').findtext('m:version', namespaces=ns)
+          docs_parent = ET.parse('wayang-docs/pom.xml').findtext('m:parent/m:version', namespaces=ns)
+          if docs_parent != root_version:
+              raise SystemExit(f'Documentation parent {docs_parent} does not match root {root_version}')
+          PY
+          ./mvnw validate -B -Pweb-documentation -pl wayang-docs
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -67,4 +79,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Maven Unit tests
         run: ./mvnw clean verify -B -Dmaven.test.skip=false -Dwayang.configuration=file:$(pwd)/tools/test/config/wayang.properties
       - name: Run Python Unit tests
-        run: pytest -ra --config tools/test/config/wayang.properties python/src/pywy/tests/
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: pytest -ra --config tools/test/config/wayang.properties python/src/pywy/tests/
diff --git a/wayang-docs/pom.xml b/wayang-docs/pom.xml
index 7399c10d2..8cba7a4c2 100644
--- a/wayang-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/wayang-docs/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>wayang</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.wayang</groupId>
-        <version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>wayang-docs</artifactId>