diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 368af535..fd6b2156 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
     "myst_parser",
+    "m2r",
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ece9d89..00000000
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-```{include} ../../CONTRIBUTING.md
-
-```
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58977a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.. include:: ../CONTRIBUTING.md