diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 570bdfc7..ab29d7ef 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # under `install_requires` in `setup.cfg` is also listed here!
 sphinx!=5.1.0
 sphinx_rtd_theme
-m2r2
+sphinx-mdinclude
 myst_parser
 scipy
 numpy>=1.20