diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 0f53587..abf9d3c 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 import time
 
-# Load the dummy profile even if we are running locally, this way the documentation will succeed even if the current
-# default profile of the AiiDA installation does not use a Django backend.
-from aiida.manage.configuration import load_documentation_profile
+from aiida.manage.configuration import Profile, load_profile
 
-load_documentation_profile()
+load_profile(Profile("docs", {"process_control": {}, "storage": {}}))
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42ed263..b4e2b69 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ tests = [
 ]
 pre-commit = ["pre-commit", "pylint"]
 docs = [
-    "aiida-core>=1.0.0,<2.5.0",
+    "aiida-core~=2.5",
     "docutils",
     "sphinx",
     "sphinx-copybutton",