diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/swagger.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/swagger.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83518590d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/swagger.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix build script for documentation to properly deploy swagger
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 055b8cbe2..55b61e191 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ locale-prune-untranslated: $(VENV)
 # Swagger
 SWAGGER_VERSION = 5.1.2
 SWAGGER_RELEASE_URL = https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/archive/refs/tags/v$(SWAGGER_VERSION).tar.gz
-SWAGGER_BUILD_DIR = swagger
+SWAGGER_BUILD_DIR = "$(BUILD_DIR)/swagger"
 
 swagger:
-	mkdir "$(SWAGGER_BUILD_DIR)"
+	mkdir -p "$(SWAGGER_BUILD_DIR)"
 	curl -sSL "$(SWAGGER_RELEASE_URL)" | \
 		tar --extract \
 			--gzip \