diff --git a/requirements/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements/requirements-docs.txt
index 53e39324e..5cc8f1f30 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 furo==2024.1.29
-Sphinx==7.2.6
+Sphinx==7.3.7
 sphinx-autobuild==2024.4.16
diff --git a/src/ims/application/_external.py b/src/ims/application/_external.py
index 7b737815c..6368fc014 100644
--- a/src/ims/application/_external.py
+++ b/src/ims/application/_external.py
@@ -698,11 +698,13 @@ class ExternalApplication:
     )
 
     jqueryJSSourceURL = URL.fromText(
-        f"http://code.jquery.com/{jqueryVersion}.min.js"
+        f"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/"
+        f"{jqueryVersionNumber}/jquery.min.js"
     )
 
     jqueryMapSourceURL = URL.fromText(
-        f"http://code.jquery.com/{jqueryVersion}.min.map"
+        f"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/"
+        f"{jqueryVersionNumber}/jquery.min.map"
     )
 
     dataTablesSourceURL = URL.fromText(