diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d75f38..69b94be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "_check:links--warn": "npm run _check:links || (echo; echo 'WARNING: see link-checker output for issues.'; echo)",
     "_check:links:internal": "npm run _check:links -- HTMLTEST_ARGS='--skip-external'",
     "_check:links": "make --keep-going check-links",
-    "_commit:public": "HASH=$(git rev-parse --short main); cd public && git add -A && git commit -m \"Site at $HASH\"",
+    "_commit:public": "HASH=$(git rev-parse --short main); cd public && git add -A && git commit --allow-empty -m \"Site at $HASH\"",
     "_diff:check": "git diff --name-only --exit-code",
     "_filename-error": "echo 'ERROR: the following files violate naming conventions; fix using: `npm run fix:filenames`'; echo; npm run -s _ls-bad-filenames; exit 1",
     "_filenames-to-kebab-case": "find assets content -name '*_*' ! -name '[_.]*' -exec sh -c 'mv \"$1\" \"${1//_/-}\"' _ {} \\;",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "_hugo": "hugo --cleanDestinationDir",
     "_ls-bad-filenames": "find assets content -name '*_*' ! -name '[_.]*'",
     "_serve": "npm run _hugo-dev -- serve --minify --disableFastRender --renderToMemory",
-    "_preupdate:docsy": "echo 'INFO: forcing a full clean install of Docsy'; rm -f package-lock.json",
+    "_preupdate:docsy": "echo 'INFO: forcing a full clean install of Docsy, removing package-lock.json'; rm -f package-lock.json",
     "build:preview": "npm run _hugo-dev -- --minify --baseURL \"${DEPLOY_PRIME_URL:-http://localhost}\"",
     "build:production": "npm run _hugo -- --minify",
     "build": "npm run _build --",
@@ -34,21 +34,21 @@
     "postinstall": "npm run _hugo-npm-setup",
     "precheck:links:all": "npm run build",
     "precheck:links": "npm run build",
-    "preupdate:docsy": "npm run _preupdate:docsy && echo 'INFO: set DOCSY_VERSION to desired Docsy version'",
+    "preupdate:docsy": "npm run _preupdate:docsy && echo 'INFO: set VERSION to desired Docsy version'",
     "random:text": "node scripts/random-text.js",
     "seq": "bash -c 'for cmd in \"$@\"; do npm run $cmd || exit 1; done' - ",
     "serve": "npm run _serve",
     "test": "npm list docsy && npm run check:format && npm run check:links",
     "update:docsy:local": "npm run preupdate:docsy && npm install -D file:../docsy/docsy && npm list docsy",
-    "update:docsy:main": "npm run preupdate:docsy && npm install -D google/docsy#main && npm list docsy",
-    "update:docsy": "DOCSY_VERSION=${DOCSY_VERSION:-0.14.0} npm install -D google/docsy#semver:$DOCSY_VERSION && npm list docsy",
+    "update:docsy:main": "VERSION=main npm run update:docsy",
+    "update:docsy": "npm install -D google/docsy#${VERSION:-semver:0.14.1} && npm list docsy",
     "update:hugo": "npm install --save-exact -D hugo-extended@latest",
     "update:packages": "npx npm-check-updates --dep 'prod,dev,optional,peer' -u"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.21",
     "cspell": "^9.0.2",
-    "docsy": "github:google/docsy#semver:",
+    "docsy": "github:google/docsy#semver:0.14.1",
     "hugo-extended": "0.155.3",
     "postcss-cli": "^11.0.1",
     "prettier": "^3.5.3"