diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1074025fc5..aaca4ce22f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ PYTHONHOSTED_MODS := requests sphinx_rtd_theme pytest gi-docgen
 
 PYTHONHOSTED_MOD_PAGES := $(addprefix general/prog/python-modules/,$(addsuffix .xml,$(PYTHONHOSTED_MODS)))
 
-$(PYHOSTED): $(ALL_PYTHON_DEPS) $(PYTHONHOSTED_MOD_PAGES) stylesheets/pythonhosted.xsl
+$(PYHOSTED): $(ALL_PYTHON_DEPS) $(PYTHONHOSTED_MOD_PAGES) stylesheets/pythonhosted.xsl | version.ent
 	@echo Generating pythonhosted.xml
 	@xsltproc --xinclude \
 	-o temp.xml \