diff --git a/.github/workflows/hugo-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/hugo-build-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6a5279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/hugo-build-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Hugo Build Test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout docs content
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.7.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # This is required for hugo Lastmod to function properly
+
+        ### Hugo builds
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
+        with:
+          go-version: 'latest'
+
+      - name: Setup Hugo
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@75d2e84710de30f6ff7268e08f310b60ef14033f # v3.0.0
+        with:
+          hugo-version: 'latest'
+          extended: true
+
+      - name: Build Hugo
+        run: |
+          make build-example-site
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e487a0..89460d1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ list help::
 	@echo "<COMMON>"
 	@echo "		list | help:  		Print these available make targets"
 	@echo "<LINTING AND FORMATTING>"
-	@echo "		biome-format: 		Runs the biome formatter."
-	@echo "		  biome-lint: 		Runs the biome linter."
-	@echo "		   biome-all:		Runs both the lint and formatting commands."
+	@echo "		 biome-format: 		Runs the biome formatter."
+	@echo "		   biome-lint: 		Runs the biome linter."
+	@echo "		    biome-all:		Runs both the lint and formatting commands."
+	@echo "build-example-site:		Builds hugo exampleSite."
 	@echo "  (Set BIOME_ARGS to add additional arguments to biome command (ex: make biome-all BIOME_ARGS=write))"
 
-.PHONY: biome-format biome-lint biome-all setup-pre-commit
+.PHONY: biome-format biome-lint biome-all setup-pre-commit build-example-site
 BIOME_ARGS ?= 
 FLAG :=
 ifeq ($(BIOME_ARGS), write)
@@ -36,3 +37,6 @@ setup-pre-commit:
 		pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg; \
 		echo "pre-commit hooks have been successfully installed."; \
 	fi
+
+build-example-site:
+	cd exampleSite && hugo mod get && hugo build --gc -e production
diff --git a/biome.json b/biome.json
index c59b934..8bb60fc 100644
--- a/biome.json
+++ b/biome.json
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
       "**/coveo.css",
       "**/f5-hugo.css",
       "**/highlight.css",
-      "**/*-overrides.css"
+      "**/*-overrides.css",
+
+      "exampleSite"
     ]
   },
   "formatter": {
diff --git a/exampleSite/go.mod b/exampleSite/go.mod
index ebe4ce6..996bf7f 100644
--- a/exampleSite/go.mod
+++ b/exampleSite/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/nginxinc/docs
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.23
 
-require github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.22 // indirect
+require github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.27 // indirect
 
 replace github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme => ../