diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 36c5f4757..0b6b8982d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ env:
   # Corresponds to https://github.com/gfx-rs/ci-build/releases
   CI_BINARY_BUILD: "build18"
 
+  # We sometimes need nightly to use special things in CI.
+  # 
+  # In order to prevent CI regressions, we pin the nightly version.
+  NIGHTLY_VERSION: "nightly-2023-12-17"
+  # Version of rust used to build the docs with.
+  #
+  # This needs to be newer to work around https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/4905.
+  #
+  # Once 1.76 coes out, we can use that instead of nightly.
+  DOCS_RUST_VERSION: "nightly-2023-12-17"
   # This is the MSRV used by `wgpu` itself and all surrounding infrastructure.
   REPO_MSRV: "1.71"
   # This is the MSRV used by the `wgpu-core`, `wgpu-hal`, and `wgpu-types` crates,
@@ -132,11 +142,11 @@ jobs:
           rustup override set ${{ env.REPO_MSRV }}
           cargo -V
 
-      # Use nightly for rustdoc, see https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/4905
-      - name: Install Nightly toolchain
+      # Use special toolchain for rustdoc, see https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/4905
+      - name: Install Rustdoc Toolchain
         run: |
-          rustup toolchain install nightly --no-self-update --profile=minimal --component rust-docs --target ${{ matrix.target }}
-          cargo +nightly -V
+          rustup toolchain install ${{ env.DOCS_RUST_VERSION }} --no-self-update --profile=minimal --component rust-docs --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+          cargo +${{ env.DOCS_RUST_VERSION }} -V
 
       - name: disable debug
         shell: bash
@@ -178,11 +188,11 @@ jobs:
           # build for WebGPU
           cargo clippy --target ${{ matrix.target }} --tests --features glsl,spirv,fragile-send-sync-non-atomic-wasm
           cargo clippy --target ${{ matrix.target }} --tests --features glsl,spirv
-          cargo +nightly doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} --no-deps --features glsl,spirv
+          cargo +${{ env.DOCS_RUST_VERSION }} doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} --no-deps --features glsl,spirv
 
           # all features
           cargo clippy --target ${{ matrix.target }} --tests --all-features
-          cargo +nightly doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} --no-deps --all-features
+          cargo +${{ env.DOCS_RUST_VERSION }} doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} --no-deps --all-features
 
       - name: check em
         if: matrix.kind == 'em'
@@ -212,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
           cargo clippy --target ${{ matrix.target }} --tests --all-features
 
           # build docs
-          cargo +nightly doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} --all-features --no-deps
+          cargo +${{ env.DOCS_RUST_VERSION }} doc --target ${{ matrix.target }} --all-features --no-deps
 
   # We run minimal checks on the MSRV of the core crates, ensuring that
   # its dependency tree does not cause issues for firefox.
@@ -286,10 +296,11 @@ jobs:
           rustup override set ${{ env.CORE_MSRV }}
           cargo -V
 
-      - name: Install Nightly toolchain
+      # Use special toolchain for rustdoc, see https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/4905
+      - name: Install Nightly Toolchain
         run: |
-          rustup toolchain install nightly --no-self-update --profile=minimal --component clippy
-          cargo +nightly -V
+          rustup toolchain install ${{ env.NIGHTLY_VERSION }} --no-self-update --profile=minimal --component clippy
+          cargo +${{ env.NIGHTLY_VERSION }} -V
 
       - name: Install cargo-hack
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
@@ -309,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -e
 
-          cargo +nightly hack generate-lockfile --remove-dev-deps -Z minimal-versions -p naga -p naga-cli
+          cargo +${{ env.NIGHTLY_VERSION }} hack generate-lockfile --remove-dev-deps -Z minimal-versions -p naga -p naga-cli
 
       - name: Clippy
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 55a2e3827..ceecbb703 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 name: Docs
 
 on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/docs.yml'
   push:
     branches:
       - trunk
 
 env:
+  # We need to use nightly for various features
+  # when building docs.rs style docs.
+  NIGHTLY_VERSION: nightly-2023-12-17
+
   CARGO_INCREMENTAL: false
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   RUST_BACKTRACE: full
@@ -20,12 +27,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Install nightly toolchain
-        run: rustup toolchain install nightly --no-self-update --profile=minimal
+      - name: Install documentation toolchain
+        run: rustup toolchain install ${{ env.NIGHTLY_VERSION }} --no-self-update --profile=minimal
 
       - name: Build the docs (nightly)
         run: |
-          cargo +nightly doc --no-deps --lib
+          cargo +${{ env.NIGHTLY_VERSION }} doc --no-deps --lib
         env:
           RUSTDOCFLAGS: --cfg docsrs
 
@@ -35,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy the docs
         uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.5.0
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/trunk'
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.WEB_DEPLOY }}
           folder: target/doc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index f5dc45013..f45224779 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: Publish
 
 on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/publish.yml'
   push:
     branches:
       - trunk