diff --git a/.ci/ci-docs.sh b/.ci/ci-docs.sh
index ac7c481c..dff4d099 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-docs.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-docs.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ set -x
 
 modulemd_version=${1:-latest}
 os=fedora
-release=latest
+# glib-2.79.0 available since Fedora ≥ 40 changed a documentation format
+# references in libmodulemd documentation do not resolve to glib
+# documentation. Use older Fedora release to have an on-line documentation
+# with the hyperlinks. See
+# <https://github.com/fedora-modularity/libmodulemd/pull/612>.
+#release=latest
+release=39
 repository=quay.io
 image=fedora/fedora:${release}