diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 8ceb00cc..8bc20ae9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -86,23 +86,23 @@
     "index": [],
     "sections/**": ["sbar-aiida", "sidebar-nav-bs"],
     "news/index": [
-        "recentposts",
-        "tagcloud",
-        "categories",
-        "archives",
+        "ablog/recentposts.html",
+        "ablog/tagcloud.html",
+        "ablog/categories.html",
+        "ablog/archives.html",
     ],
     "news/index/**": [
-        "recentposts",
-        "tagcloud",
-        "categories",
-        "archives",
+        "ablog/recentposts.html",
+        "ablog/tagcloud.html",
+        "ablog/categories.html",
+        "ablog/archives.html",
     ],
     "news/posts/*": [
-        "postcard",
-        "recentposts",
-        "tagcloud",
-        "categories",
-        "archives",
+        "ablog/postcard.html",
+        "ablog/recentposts.html",
+        "ablog/tagcloud.html",
+        "ablog/categories.html",
+        "ablog/archives.html",
     ],
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/extensions/check_events.py b/docs/extensions/check_events.py
index 550f7a5b..01259a06 100644
--- a/docs/extensions/check_events.py
+++ b/docs/extensions/check_events.py
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ def check_events(app: Sphinx, env: BuildEnvironment):
         for post in posts:
             if post["docname"] in env.config.aiida_ignore_event_checks:
                 continue
-            category: set[str] = post["category"]
+            # Handle both list (ablog 0.11+) and set (ablog 0.10) formats
+            category_raw = post["category"]
+            category: set[str] = (
+                set(category_raw) if isinstance(category_raw, list) else category_raw
+            )
             if not category.intersection(
                 ("Reports", "News", "Events", "Releases", "Blog")
             ):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b3336a48..71b9bd5a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ setuptools<70
 sphinx~=8.0.0
 myst-parser~=4.0.0
 pydata-sphinx-theme~=0.15.4
-ablog~=0.10.25
+ablog~=0.11.0
 sphinx-design~=0.6.1
 sphinx_subfigure~=0.2.4
 sphinx-notfound-page~=1.0.4