diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index 0188c11e64..7fe80644c6 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ sphinx-autodoc-typehints==1.25.2
 
 # Need to install the api/sdk in the venv for autodoc. Modifying sys.path
 # doesn't work for pkg_resources. Used by .readthedocs.yml
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git#egg=opentelemetry-api&subdirectory=opentelemetry-api"
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git#egg=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk"
--e "git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib.git#egg=opentelemetry-util-http&subdirectory=util/opentelemetry-util-http"
-./opentelemetry-instrumentation
+opentelemetry-api @ git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git@main#egg=opentelemetry-api&subdirectory=opentelemetry-api
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions @ git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git@main#egg=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
+opentelemetry-sdk @ git+https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python.git@main#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk
+-e ./opentelemetry-instrumentation
+-e ./util/opentelemetry-util-http
 
 # Required by opentelemetry-instrumentation
 fastapi>=0.65.2
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7621e182f5..d197684663 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -857,13 +857,7 @@ deps =
   -c {toxinidir}/dev-requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/docs-requirements.txt
   pytest
-
-commands_pre =
-  python -m pip install {env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-api&subdirectory=opentelemetry-api
-  python -m pip install {env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions&subdirectory=opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-  python -m pip install {env:CORE_REPO}\#egg=opentelemetry-sdk&subdirectory=opentelemetry-sdk
-  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation
-  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http
+  {[testenv]test_deps}
 
 changedir = docs
 
@@ -934,9 +928,9 @@ commands =
   {toxinidir}/scripts/generate_instrumentation_metapackage.py
 
 [testenv:generate-workflows]
-
-commands_pre =
-  pip install {toxinidir}/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib
+recreate = True
+deps =
+  {toxinidir}/.github/workflows/generate_workflows_lib
 
 commands =
   python {toxinidir}/.github/workflows/generate_workflows.py