diff --git a/site/README.md b/site/README.md
index 4b313bd1a..f4d4b3ccb 100644
--- a/site/README.md
+++ b/site/README.md
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ Docs are written in Markdown. We build the docs using [Hugo](https://gohugo.io).
 To build the docs locally, run the desired `make` command from the docs directory:
 
 ```text
+make docs           -   builds the docs to the default output path `public`
+make watch          -   runs a local hugo server so you can view docs in your browser while you work
+make hugo-update    -   cleans the Hugo module cache and fetches the latest version of the theme module
+make drafts         -   runs the local hugo server and includes all docs marked with `draft: true`
 make clean          -   removes the local `public` directory, which is the default output path used by Hugo
-make docs           -   runs a local hugo server so you can view docs in your browser while you work
-make hugo-mod       -   cleans the Hugo module cache and fetches the latest version of the theme module
-make docs-drafts    -   runs the local hugo server and includes all docs marked with `draft: true`
 ```
 
 ## Linting
diff --git a/site/go.mod b/site/go.mod
index b1614296c..b7ac6b63a 100644
--- a/site/go.mod
+++ b/site/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/nginx/agent/site
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.22.0
 
-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 7db714541..5dbffbf03 100644
--- a/site/go.sum
+++ b/site/go.sum
@@ -1,16 +1,2 @@
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.28.0 h1:RHHvBmFk2Uptk+efLPSIuBd2elc3IOZPElkJbkkpAHo=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.28.0/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.33.0 h1:6mZdgxf5kNhInsrAXXiSlWXRy3fsP51lWKOdrvmkR6U=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.33.0/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.34.0-alpha h1:8tKWnkhxP5Nk0V64v8rE9T3crusycohXl3wmOWc4uFk=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.34.0-alpha/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.34.0 h1:G7LPVq7w1ls6IS4+OkTwjhFb67rLCzPdfZvW1/sn2Cw=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.34.0/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.35.0 h1:7XB2GMy6qeJgKEJy9wOS3SYKYpfvLW3/H+UHRPLM4FU=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.35.0/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.40.8 h1:VtoSAtf9k67tI2jzbLRo0oFBAMHZBUPRh/xV4MYullI=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.40.8/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.9 h1:8TKgjocF95ZSRP0PHkyvk9TyJvwPrdz1k0FB5RfKT3I=
-github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.9/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
-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 v0.41.19 h1:CyZOhU8q0p3nQ+ZTFRx7c/Dq9rxV1mShADIHz0vDoHo=
+github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme v0.41.19/go.mod h1:DPNgSS5QYxkjH/BfH4uPDiTfODqWJ50NKZdorguom8M=
diff --git a/site/go.work b/site/go.work
index 9a21ec734..582184033 100644
--- a/site/go.work
+++ b/site/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.18
+go 1.22
 
 use (
 	.
diff --git a/site/hugo-entrypoint.sh b/site/hugo-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dc7212352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/hugo-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+hugo mod get -u github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme
+hugo $*
diff --git a/site/makefile b/site/makefile
index 849a80b0f..bb62ce8b6 100644
--- a/site/makefile
+++ b/site/makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 HUGO?=hugo
-HUGO_IMG?=hugomods/hugo:0.115.3
+HUGO_VERSION?=$(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
-## Pulls the current theme version from the Netlify settings
-THEME_VERSION = $(NGINX_THEME_VERSION)
 
-# if there's no local hugo, fallback to docker
-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
 MARKDOWNLINT_IMG?=ghcr.io/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli:latest
 
-# if there's no local markdownlint, fallback to docker
 ifeq (, $(shell ${MARKDOWNLINT} version 2> /dev/null))
 ifeq (, $(shell docker version 2> /dev/null))
-ifneq (, $(shell $(NETLIFY) "true"))
-    $(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
@@ -30,65 +26,39 @@ endif
 
 MARKDOWNLINKCHECK?=markdown-link-check
 MARKDOWNLINKCHECK_IMG?=ghcr.io/tcort/markdown-link-check:stable
-# if there's no local markdown-link-check, fallback to docker
+
 ifeq (, $(shell ${MARKDOWNLINKCHECK} --version 2> /dev/null))
 ifeq (, $(shell docker version 2> /dev/null))
-ifneq (, $(shell $(NETLIFY) "true"))
-    $(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}:/docs --workdir /docs ${MARKDOWNLINKCHECK_IMG}
 endif
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean hugo-mod all-staging all-dev hugo-server-drafts hugo-server netlify deploy-preview
 
-# Removes the public directory generated by the `hugo` command
-clean:
-	if [[ -d ${PWD}/public ]] ; then rm -rf ${PWD}/public && echo "Removed public directory" ; else echo "Did not find a public directory to remove" ; fi
-
-hugo-mod:
-	hugo mod get $(THEME_MODULE)@v$(THEME_VERSION)
-
-# Builds using the Hugo "production" environment
-# For deploys to docs.nginx.com only
-all: hugo-mod
-	hugo --gc -e production
-	
-# Builds using the Hugo "staging" environment
-# For deploys to docs-staging.nginx.com only
-all-staging: hugo-mod
-	hugo --gc -e staging
-
-# Builds using the Hugo "development" environment
-# For deploys to docs-dev.nginx.com only
-all-dev: hugo-mod
-	hugo --gc -e development
-
-# Runs the Hugo server with content marked as draft
-# Serves docs at localhost:1313
-docs-drafts:
-	${HUGO} server -D --disableFastRender
-
-docs-local: clean
-	${HUGO}
+.PHONY: docs docs-draft docs-local clean hugo-get hugo-tidy lint-markdown link-check
 
-# Runs the Hugo server
-# Serves docs at localhost:1313
 docs:
-	${HUGO} server --disableFastRender
+	${HUGO}
+
+watch:
+	${HUGO} --bind 0.0.0.0 -p 1313 server --disableFastRender
+
+drafts:
+	${HUGO} --bind 0.0.0.0 -p 1313 server -D --disableFastRender
+
+clean:
+	[ -d "public" ] && rm -rf "public"
+
+hugo-get:
+	hugo mod get -u github.com/nginxinc/nginx-hugo-theme
+
+hugo-tidy:
+	hugo mod tidy
+
+hugo-update: hugo-get hugo-tidy
 
 lint-markdown:
 	${MARKDOWNLINT} -c .markdownlint.yaml  -- content
 
 link-check:
 	${MARKDOWNLINKCHECK} $(shell find content -name '*.md')
-
-# Can be used to deploy to netlify from your local 
-# development environment.
-# Requires a netlify login.
-netlify: clean
-	netlify deploy --build -d public --alias $(shell git branch --show-current)-branch 
-
-deploy-preview: hugo-mod
-	hugo --gc -b ${NETLIFY_DEPLOY_URL}/nginx-agent