diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
index 8f81166a..bacc9cfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ permissions:
 env:
   has_testthat: 'true'
   run_covr: 'true'
-  run_pkgdown: 'true'
   cache-version: 'cache-v1'
 
 jobs:
@@ -140,6 +139,7 @@ jobs:
           path: /home/runner/work/_temp/Library
           key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_19-r-4.4-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-biocversion-RELEASE_3_19-r-4.4-
+
       - name: Install BiocManager
         run: |
           message(paste('****', Sys.time(), 'installing BiocManager ****'))
@@ -183,12 +183,6 @@ jobs:
           remotes::install_cran("covr")
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
-      - name: Install pkgdown
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel' && env.run_pkgdown == 'true' && runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: |
-          remotes::install_cran("pkgdown")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
       - name: Session info
         run: |
           options(width = 100)
@@ -246,32 +240,6 @@ jobs:
           disable_search: true
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Install package
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel' && env.run_pkgdown == 'true' && runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: R CMD INSTALL .
-
-      - name: Build pkgdown site
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel' && env.run_pkgdown == 'true' && runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        ## Note that you need to run pkgdown::deploy_to_branch(new_process = FALSE)
-        ## at least one locally before this will work. This creates the gh-pages
-        ## branch (erasing anything you haven't version controlled!) and
-        ## makes the git history recognizable by pkgdown.
-
-      - name: Install deploy dependencies
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel' && env.run_pkgdown == 'true' && runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: |
-          apt-get update && apt-get -y install rsync
-
-      - name: Deploy pkgdown site to GitHub pages 🚀
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/devel' && env.run_pkgdown == 'true' && runner.os == 'Linux'
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@releases/v4
-        with:
-          clean: false
-          branch: gh-pages
-          folder: docs
-
       - name: Upload check results
         if: failure()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..896e0070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+## Github Actions workflow to deploy pkgdown website to GitHub pages
+## This workflow is triggered by pushes to the devel branch
+## and is only run on Linux runners
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, devel]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, devel]
+
+name: Deploy pkgdown site
+
+permissions:
+  actions: none
+  attestations: none
+  checks: none
+  contents: write
+  deployments: write
+  id-token: none
+  issues: none
+  discussions: none
+  packages: write
+  pages: write
+  pull-requests: none
+  repository-projects: none
+  security-events: none
+  statuses: none
+
+jobs:
+  build-check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+    container: ${{ matrix.config.cont }}
+    ## Environment variables unique to this job.
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, r: '4.4', bioc: '3.19', cont: "bioconductor/bioconductor_docker:RELEASE_3_19", rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest" }
+
+    env:
+      R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
+      RSPM: ${{ matrix.config.rspm }}
+      NOT_CRAN: true
+      TZ: UTC
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+      ## Set the R library to the directory matching the
+      ## R packages cache step further below when running on Docker (Linux).
+      - name: Set R Library home on Linux
+        run: |
+          mkdir /__w/_temp/Library
+          echo ".libPaths('/__w/_temp/Library')" > ~/.Rprofile
+
+      ## Most of these steps are the same as the ones in
+      ## https://github.com/r-lib/actions/blob/master/examples/check-standard.yaml
+      ## If they update their steps, we will also need to update ours.
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      ## R is already included in the Bioconductor docker images
+      - name: Setup R from r-lib
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+
+      ## pandoc is already included in the Bioconductor docker images
+      - name: Setup pandoc from r-lib
+        uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - name: Query dependencies
+        run: |
+          install.packages('remotes')
+          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Install BiocManager
+        run: |
+          message(paste('****', Sys.time(), 'installing BiocManager ****'))
+          remotes::install_cran("BiocManager")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+
+      - name: Set BiocVersion
+        run: |
+          BiocManager::install(version = "${{ matrix.config.bioc }}", ask = FALSE, force = TRUE)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+      - name: Install dependencies pass 1
+        run: |
+          ## Try installing the package dependencies in steps. First the local
+          ## dependencies, then any remaining dependencies to avoid the
+          ## issues described at
+          ## https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/bioc-devel/2020-April/016675.html
+          ## https://github.com/r-lib/remotes/issues/296
+          ## Ideally, all dependencies should get installed in the first pass.
+
+          ## For running the checks
+          message(paste('****', Sys.time(), 'installing rcmdcheck and BiocCheck ****'))
+          install.packages(c("rcmdcheck", "BiocCheck"), repos = BiocManager::repositories())
+
+          ## Pass #1 at installing dependencies
+          message(paste('****', Sys.time(), 'pass number 1 at installing dependencies: local dependencies ****'))
+          remotes::install_local(dependencies = TRUE, repos = BiocManager::repositories(), build_vignettes = FALSE, upgrade = TRUE)
+        continue-on-error: true
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies pass 2
+        run: |
+          ## Pass #2 at installing dependencies
+          message(paste('****', Sys.time(), 'pass number 2 at installing dependencies: any remaining dependencies ****'))
+          remotes::install_local(dependencies = TRUE, repos = BiocManager::repositories(), build_vignettes = TRUE, upgrade = TRUE, force = TRUE)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Install pkgdown
+        run: |
+          remotes::install_cran("pkgdown")
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Session info
+        run: |
+          options(width = 100)
+          pkgs <- installed.packages()[, "Package"]
+          sessioninfo::session_info(pkgs, include_base = TRUE)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: R CMD INSTALL .
+
+      - name: Build pkgdown site
+        run: pkgdown::build_site_github_pages(new_process = FALSE, install = FALSE)
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+        ## Note that you need to run pkgdown::deploy_to_branch(new_process = FALSE)
+        ## at least one locally before this will work. This creates the gh-pages
+        ## branch (erasing anything you haven't version controlled!) and
+        ## makes the git history recognizable by pkgdown.
+
+      - name: Install deploy dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt-get update && apt-get -y install rsync
+
+      - name: Deploy pkgdown site to GitHub pages 🚀
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@releases/v4
+        with:
+          clean: false
+          branch: gh-pages
+          folder: docs