diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 404510d..64d8b95 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 version: 2
 
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.8"  # Python version defined for the build environment
+
 # Build from the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
 
 # Explicitly set the version of Python and its requirements
 python:
-  version: 3.8
   install:
     - requirements: docs/requirements.txt