diff --git a/app-config.local.yaml.example b/app-config.local.yaml.example
index fc434473f..ff286ec65 100644
--- a/app-config.local.yaml.example
+++ b/app-config.local.yaml.example
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ auth:
   environment: development
 
 techdocs:
-  builder: 'local'
+  builder: local
   generator:
-    runIn: 'docker'
+    runIn: docker
   publisher:
-    type: 'local'
+    type: local
+    local:
+      publishDirectory: ../../volumes/techdocs
 
 # For local development purposes, you can add/change catalog sources here.
 #
diff --git a/packages/backend/Dockerfile b/packages/backend/Dockerfile
index 977ad545f..b5c752f63 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
 RUN python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
 ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
 
-RUN pip3 install mkdocs-techdocs-core==1.2.1
+RUN pip3 install mkdocs-techdocs-core==1.5.4
 
 # From here on we use the least-privileged `node` user to run the backend.
 USER node