diff --git a/site/Makefile b/site/Makefile
index 792b7aa43a..bb62ce8b67 100644
--- a/site/Makefile
+++ b/site/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 HUGO?=hugo
-HUGO_IMG?=hugomods/hugo:0.115.3
+HUGO_VERSION?=$(shell hugo version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $$2}' | cut -d '.' -f 2)
+HUGO_IMG?=hugomods/hugo:std-go-git-0.134.3
 
 THEME_MODULE = github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme
-THEME_VERSION = 0.41.14
 
-ifeq (, $(shell ${HUGO} version 2> /dev/null))
-ifeq (, $(shell docker version 2> /dev/null))
-    $(error Docker and Hugo are not installed. Hugo (<0.91) or Docker are required to build the local preview.)
+ifeq ($(shell [ $(HUGO_VERSION) -gt 133 2>/dev/null ] && echo true || echo false), true)
+    $(info Hugo is available and has a version greater than 133. Proceeding with build.)
 else
-    HUGO=docker run --rm -it -v ${CURDIR}:/src -p 1313:1313 ${HUGO_IMG} hugo --bind 0.0.0.0 -p 1313
-endif
+    $(warning Hugo is not available or using a version less than 134. Attempting to use docker. HUGO_VERSION=$(HUGO_VERSION))
+    HUGO=docker run --rm -it -v ${CURDIR}:/src -p 1313:1313 ${HUGO_IMG} /src/hugo-entrypoint.sh
+    ifeq (, $(shell docker version 2> /dev/null))
+        $(error Hugo (>0.134) or Docker are required to build the local previews.)
+    endif
 endif
 
 MARKDOWNLINT?=markdownlint
@@ -17,24 +19,23 @@ MARKDOWNLINT_IMG?=ghcr.io/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli:latest
 
 ifeq (, $(shell ${MARKDOWNLINT} version 2> /dev/null))
 ifeq (, $(shell docker version 2> /dev/null))
-    $(error Docker and markdownlint are not installed. markdownlint or Docker are required to lint.)
-endif
 else
     MARKDOWNLINT=docker run --rm -i -v ${CURDIR}:/src --workdir /src ${MARKDOWNLINT_IMG}
 endif
+endif
 
 MARKDOWNLINKCHECK?=markdown-link-check
 MARKDOWNLINKCHECK_IMG?=ghcr.io/tcort/markdown-link-check:stable
 
 ifeq (, $(shell ${MARKDOWNLINKCHECK} --version 2> /dev/null))
 ifeq (, $(shell docker version 2> /dev/null))
-    $(error Docker and markdown-link-check are not installed. markdown-link-check or Docker are required to check links.)
-endif
 else
-    MARKDOWNLINKCHECK=docker run --rm -it -v ${CURDIR}:/site --workdir /site ${MARKDOWNLINKCHECK_IMG}
+    MARKDOWNLINKCHECK=docker run --rm -it -v ${CURDIR}:/docs --workdir /docs ${MARKDOWNLINKCHECK_IMG}
+endif
 endif
 
-.PHONY: docs watch drafts clean hugo-get hugo-tidy hugo-update lint-markdown link-check
+
+.PHONY: docs docs-draft docs-local clean hugo-get hugo-tidy lint-markdown link-check
 
 docs:
 	${HUGO}
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ clean:
 	[ -d "public" ] && rm -rf "public"
 
 hugo-get:
-	hugo mod get $(THEME_MODULE)@v$(THEME_VERSION)
+	hugo mod get -u github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme
 
 hugo-tidy:
 	hugo mod tidy
diff --git a/site/go.mod b/site/go.mod
index 7d928ceded..c45d1aa22e 100644
--- a/site/go.mod
+++ b/site/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric/site
 
 go 1.21
 
-require github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.14 // indirect
+require github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.19 // indirect
diff --git a/site/go.sum b/site/go.sum
index 1cbbb6618c..2fa80d4abc 100644
--- a/site/go.sum
+++ b/site/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.14 h1:OraNB01CdMJXufPddvIVt6qn6Mj38Z/XCVIWBgVtuY0=
 github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.14/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
+github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.18 h1:4weO2h6L56lebyX7G+iqHd481RCXQQParhb1lARwdLQ=
+github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.18/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
+github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.19 h1:CyZOhU8q0p3nQ+ZTFRx7c/Dq9rxV1mShADIHz0vDoHo=
+github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.19/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
diff --git a/site/hugo-entrypoint.sh b/site/hugo-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..dc72123528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/hugo-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+hugo mod get -u github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme
+hugo $*