diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 080d8cd6c7f82ccd4744f82c79e74fc23451bf30..03292302a5b11b75ac4dc4abfe854227df9b6b0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -389,9 +389,10 @@ trigger_docs:
   cache: {}
   artifacts: {}
   script:
-    - "curl -X POST -F token=${DOCS_TRIGGER_TOKEN} -F ref=master -F variables[PROJECT]=ce https://gitlab.com/api/v3/projects/1794617/trigger/builds"
+    - "curl -X POST -F token=${DOCS_TRIGGER_TOKEN} -F ref=master -F variables[PROJECT]=${CI_PROJECT_NAME} https://gitlab.com/api/v3/projects/1794617/trigger/builds"
   only:
     - master@gitlab-org/gitlab-ce
+    - master@gitlab-org/gitlab-ee
 
 # Notify slack in the end
 notify:slack:
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/simplify-docs-trigger.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/simplify-docs-trigger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..062626359ef2c65a87127a6a695ce63213744eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/simplify-docs-trigger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Simplify trigger_docs build job for CE and EE
+merge_request: 9820
+author: winniehell