diff --git a/.github/workflows/Python-CI.yml b/.github/workflows/Python-CI.yml
index 3e0e764..657de8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Python-CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Python-CI.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: ./.github/check_qt_import.sh $MNE_QT_BACKEND
         if: ${{ env.MNE_QT_BACKEND != '' }}
       - name: List packages
+        shell: bash {0}
         run: |
           python -c "import mne; mne.sys_info()"
       - name: fetch mne datasets
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index fec5f56..cfcb81a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ build:
     # golang: "1.19"
   jobs:
     pre_build:
-      - pip install --upgrade pip myst_parser sphinx_gallery SQLAlchemy sphinxcontrib-matlabdomain sphinx_rtd_theme sphinx_copybutton memory_profiler cython
+      - pip install --upgrade pip myst_parser sphinx_gallery traitlets SQLAlchemy sphinxcontrib-matlabdomain sphinx_rtd_theme sphinx_copybutton memory_profiler cython
       - sphinx-apidoc -f -o docs/references -e -T -t docs/_templates ieeg
       - python -c "import mne; mne.sys_info()"