diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.sh b/.github/workflows/docs.sh
index 34aa227d8c9d5..b8a088d31d1c9 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.sh
@@ -22,19 +22,18 @@ mvn --version
 java -version
 javadoc -J-version
 
-# setup hugo
-HUGO_REPO=https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.110.0/hugo_extended_0.110.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
-HUGO_ARTIFACT=hugo_extended_0.110.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
-if ! curl --fail -OL $HUGO_REPO ; then
-	echo "Failed to download Hugo binary"
-	exit 1
-fi
-tar -zxvf $HUGO_ARTIFACT -C /usr/local/bin
 git submodule update --init --recursive
-# Setup the external documentation modules
+
 cd docs
+
+# setup hugo
+source setup_hugo.sh
+
+# Setup the external documentation modules
 source setup_docs.sh
+
 cd ..
+
 # Build the docs
 hugo --source docs
 
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index a017f12f83796..bc59ea579eb9e 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ $ docker run -v $(pwd):/src -p 1313:1313 jakejarvis/hugo-extended:latest server
 
 Make sure you have installed [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/) on your system.
 
+```sh
+$ ./setup_hugo.sh
+```
+
+Then build the docs from source:
+
 ```sh
 $ ./build_docs.sh
 ```
diff --git a/docs/setup_hugo.sh b/docs/setup_hugo.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5f3fa29028472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/setup_hugo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+################################################################################
+#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+#  distributed with this work for additional information
+#  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+#  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+################################################################################
+
+# setup hugo
+HUGO_REPO=https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.110.0/hugo_extended_0.110.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
+HUGO_ARTIFACT=hugo_extended_0.110.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
+if ! curl --fail -OL $HUGO_REPO ; then
+	echo "Failed to download Hugo binary"
+	exit 1
+fi
+tar -zxvf $HUGO_ARTIFACT -C /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/tools/ci/docs.sh b/tools/ci/docs.sh
index e24e64c643c55..30e1ea89b8b30 100755
--- a/tools/ci/docs.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/docs.sh
@@ -17,23 +17,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ################################################################################
 
-HUGO_REPO=https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.110.0/hugo_extended_0.110.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
-HUGO_ARTIFACT=hugo_extended_0.110.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
-
-if ! curl --fail -OL $HUGO_REPO ; then 
-	echo "Failed to download Hugo binary"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-tar -zxvf $HUGO_ARTIFACT
-
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 # Setup the external documentation modules
 cd docs
+source setup_hugo.sh
 source setup_docs.sh
 cd ..
 # Build the docs
-./hugo --source docs
+hugo --source docs
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "Error building the docs"