diff --git a/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml b/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml
index ca8e044e21..bef8415953 100644
--- a/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/environment-dev.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
 - myst-nb
 - numpydoc
 - pre-commit>=2.8.0
-- pydata-sphinx-theme<0.10.1
+- pydata-sphinx-theme>=0.11.0
 - pytest-cov>=2.5
 - pytest>=3.0
 - sphinx-copybutton
diff --git a/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml b/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml
index bca1a3ab84..7fdf2c6bde 100644
--- a/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml
+++ b/conda-envs/windows-environment-dev.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies:
 - myst-nb
 - numpydoc
 - pre-commit>=2.8.0
-- pydata-sphinx-theme<0.10.1
+- pydata-sphinx-theme>=0.11.0
 - pytest-cov>=2.5
 - pytest>=3.0
 - sphinx-autobuild>=0.7
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index fea32e009f..99008591a3 100755
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join("..", "..")))
 import pymc  # isort:skip
 
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
@@ -259,8 +255,9 @@ def setup(app):
     "logo_link": "https://www.pymc.io",
     "show_prev_next": False,
     "navbar_start": ["navbar-logo", "navbar-version"],
-    "navbar_end": ["search-field.html", "navbar-icon-links.html"],
+    "navbar_end": ["navbar-icon-links.html"],
     "page_sidebar_items": ["page-toc", "edit-this-page", "donate"],
+    "header_links_before_dropdown": 6,
     "search_bar_text": "Search...",
     "use_edit_page_button": True,
     "google_analytics_id": "UA-176578023-1",
diff --git a/docs/source/contributing/build_docs.md b/docs/source/contributing/build_docs.md
index d4a7694aec..09e37328f4 100644
--- a/docs/source/contributing/build_docs.md
+++ b/docs/source/contributing/build_docs.md
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ To build docs on Windows we recommend running inside a Docker container.
 To build the docs, run these commands at PyMC repository root:
 
 ```bash
-$ pip install -r requirements-dev.txt  # Make sure the dev requirements are installed
-$ pip install numpyro  # Make sure `sampling_jax` docs can be built
-$ make clean  # clean built docs from previous runs and intermediate outputs
-$ make html   # Build docs
-$ python -m http.server --directory docs/_build/  # Render docs
+pip install -r requirements-dev.txt  # Make sure the dev requirements are installed
+pip install numpyro  # Make sure `sampling_jax` docs can be built
+pip install -e .  # Install local pymc version as installable package
+make clean  # clean built docs from previous runs and intermediate outputs
+make html   # Build docs
+python -m http.server --directory docs/_build/  # Render docs
 ```
 
 Check the printed URL where docs are being served and open it.
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b74187f6b8..5255ddfc3d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ numpydoc
 pandas>=0.24.0
 polyagamma
 pre-commit>=2.8.0
-pydata-sphinx-theme<0.10.1
+pydata-sphinx-theme>=0.11.0
 pytest-cov>=2.5
 pytest>=3.0
 scipy>=1.4.1