diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fb026211a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Documentation
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/documentation.yml'
+      - 'package.json'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'lib'
+      - 'test'
+      - 'website.js'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/documentation.yml'
+      - 'package.json'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'lib'
+      - 'test'
+      - 'website.js'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  test-documentation:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    name: Test Generating Docs
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@a12a3943b4bdde767164f792f33f40b04645d846 # v3
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@5b52f097d36d4b0b2f94ed6de710023fbb8b2236 # v3.1.0
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+
+      - run: npm install
+      - run: npm run docs:clean
+      - run: npm run docs:generate
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b1566ea4e91..31b8fd2c3cd 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ To contribute to the [guide](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/guide.html) or [quick st
 If you'd like to preview your documentation changes, first commit your changes to your local master branch, then execute:
 
 * `npm install`
-* `make docclean`
-* `make gendocs`
-* `node static.js`
+* `npm run docs:view`
 
-Visit `http://localhost:8089` and you should see the docs with your local changes. Make sure you `git reset --hard` before committing, because changes to `docs/*` should **not** be in PRs.
+Visit `http://localhost:8089` and you should see the docs with your local changes. Make sure you `npm run docs:clean` before committing, because automated generated files to `docs/*` should **not** be in PRs.
 
 ### Plugins website
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index bfb73265772..00000000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-
-DOCS_ = $(shell find lib/ -name '*.js')
-DOCS = $(DOCS_:.js=.json)
-DOCFILE = docs/source/_docs
-STABLE_BRANCH = master
-LEGACY_BRANCH = 5.x
-
-test:
-	./node_modules/.bin/mocha $(T) --async-only test/*.test.js
-
-docs: ghpages merge_stable docclean gendocs search
-docs_legacy: legacy docclean_legacy gendocs copytmp ghpages copylegacy
-
-ghpages:
-	git checkout gh-pages
-
-search:
-	node docs/search.js
-
-gendocs:
-	node website.js
-
-site:
-	node website.js && node static.js
-
-merge_stable:
-	git merge $(STABLE_BRANCH)
-
-legacy:
-	git checkout $(LEGACY_BRANCH)
-
-docclean:
-	rm -f ./docs/*.{1,html,json}
-	rm -f ./docs/source/_docs
-
-docclean_legacy:
-	rm -rf ./docs/$(LEGACY_BRANCH)/*
-	rm -f ./docs/source/_docs
-
-copytmp:
-	mkdir -p ./tmp/docs/css
-	mkdir -p ./tmp/docs/js
-	mkdir -p ./tmp/docs/images
-	mkdir -p ./tmp/docs/api
-	mkdir -p ./tmp/docs/tutorials
-	mkdir -p ./tmp/docs/typescript
-	cp -R ./docs/*.html ./tmp/docs
-	cp -R ./docs/css/*.css ./tmp/docs/css
-	cp -R ./docs/js/*.js ./tmp/docs/js
-	cp -R ./docs/images/* ./tmp/docs/images
-	cp -R ./docs/api/* ./tmp/docs/api
-	cp -R ./docs/tutorials/* ./tmp/docs/tutorials
-	cp -R ./docs/typescript/* ./tmp/docs/typescript
-	cp index.html ./tmp
-
-copylegacy:
-	mkdir -p ./docs/$(LEGACY_BRANCH)
-	cp -R ./tmp/* ./docs/$(LEGACY_BRANCH)/
-	rm -rf ./tmp
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4e64944b80..d6eae6c2ffc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@
     "lodash.isequal": "4.5.0",
     "lodash.isequalwith": "4.4.0",
     "marked": "4.0.14",
+    "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
     "mocha": "10.0.0",
     "moment": "2.x",
     "mongodb-memory-server": "8.5.2",
+    "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
     "pug": "3.0.2",
     "q": "1.5.1",
@@ -68,6 +70,21 @@
     "lib": "./lib/mongoose"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "docs:clean": "npm run docs:clean:stable",
+    "docs:clean:stable": "rimraf index.html && rimraf -rf ./docs/*.html  && rimraf -rf ./docs/api && rimraf -rf ./docs/tutorials/*.html && rimraf -rf ./docs/typescript/*.html && rimraf -rf ./docs/*.html && rimraf -rf ./docs/source/_docs && rimraf -rf ./tmp",
+    "docs:clean:legacy": "rimraf index.html && rimraf -rf ./docs/5.x && rimraf -rf ./docs/source/_docs && rimraf -rf ./tmp",
+    "docs:copy:tmp": "mkdirp ./tmp/docs/css && mkdirp ./tmp/docs/js && mkdirp ./tmp/docs/images && mkdirp ./tmp/docs/tutorials && mkdirp ./tmp/docs/typescript && ncp ./docs/css ./tmp/docs/css --filter=.css$ && ncp ./docs/js ./tmp/docs/js --filter=.js$ && ncp ./docs/images ./tmp/docs/images && ncp ./docs/tutorials ./tmp/docs/tutorials && ncp ./docs/typescript ./tmp/docs/typescript && cp index.html ./tmp",
+    "docs:copy:tmp:legacy": "rimraf ./docs/5.x && ncp ./tmp ./docs/5.x",
+    "docs:checkout:gh-pages": "git checkout gh-pages",
+    "docs:checkout:legacy": "git checkout 5.x",
+    "docs:generate": "node website.js",
+    "docs:generate:search": "node docs/search.js",
+    "docs:merge:stable": "git merge master",
+    "docs:merge:legacy": "git merge 5.x",
+    "docs:test": "npm run docs:generate && npm run docs:generate:search",
+    "docs:view": "node website.js && node static.js",
+    "docs:prepare:publish:stable": "npm run docs:checkout:gh-pages && docs:merge:stable && npm run docs:clean:stable && npm run docs:generate && npm run docs:generate:search",
+    "docs:prepare:publish:legacy": "npm run docs:checkout:legacy && docs:merge:legacy && npm run docs:clean:stable && npm run docs:generate && npm run docs:copy:tmp && docs:checkout:gh-pages && docs:copy:tmp:legacy",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint-js": "eslint . --ext .js",
     "lint-ts": "eslint . --ext .ts",
diff --git a/release-items.md b/release-items.md
index fb321a58d84..9ceb5922cab 100644
--- a/release-items.md
+++ b/release-items.md
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
 
 ## updating the website
 
-For 5.x
+For 6.x
 
 0. Change to the master branch
-1. execute `make docs` (when this process completes you'll be on the gh-pages branch)
-2. `git commit -a -m 'chore: website 5.x.x'`
+1. execute `npm run docs:prepare:publish:stable` (when this process completes you'll be on the gh-pages branch)
+2. `git commit -a -m 'chore: website 6.x.x'`
 3. `git push origin gh-pages`
 
-For 4.x
+For 5.x
 
-0. Change to the 4.x branch
+0. Change to the 5.x branch
 1. execute `make docs_legacy` (when this process completes you'll be on the gh-pages branch)
-2. `git commit -a -m 'chore: website 4.x.x'`
+2. `git commit -a -m 'chore: website 5.x.x'`
 3. `git push origin gh-pages`