diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index dc707db..86f1264 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
-name: Pull Request Tests
+name: Documentation
 
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '*'
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - release/*
-      - feature/*
+on: [
+  pull_request
+]
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
-  docs-build:
-    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
+  build:
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '[skip ci]') && !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -59,13 +55,25 @@ jobs:
       # This must be our very final step to ensure that it runs only on condition of
       # success of all previous steps.  A pushed commit will not trigger the re-running
       # of this workflow.
-      - name: Commit and push documentation changes
+      - name: Open documentation PR
         if: steps.check-docs.outputs.changed == 'true'
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions[bot]
           git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
-          git add docs/.
-          git commit -am "Automated reference documentation update for PR ${{ github.event.number }} [skip ci]"
-          git push
+
+          DOCS_BRANCH="docs/automated-pr-${{ github.event.number }}"
+
+          git checkout -b "$DOCS_BRANCH"
+          git commit -m "Automated reference documentation update for PR ${{ github.event.number }} [skip ci]"
+          git push origin "$DOCS_BRANCH" --force
+
+          # Create a PR only if one is not already open for this branch
+          if ! gh pr list --head "$DOCS_BRANCH" --json number --jq '.[0].number' | grep -q .; then
+            gh pr create \
+              --title "Automated documentation update for PR #${{ github.event.number }} [skip ci]" \
+              --body "Automated documentation update generated by CI for PR #${{ github.event.number }}." \
+              --base "${{ github.head_ref }}" \
+              --head "$DOCS_BRANCH"
+          fi
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}