diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index ffd5df725..e9631033a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: "ubuntu-22.04"
   tools:
-    python: "3.8"
+    python: "3.10"
   jobs:
     post_install:
       - bash examples/run_examples.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ build:
 python:
   install:
     - requirements: requirements/requirements.txt
-    - requirements: requirements/requirements_docs.txt
-    - method: setuptools
-      path: .
-  system_packages: true
+    - method: pip
+      path: .[docs]
 
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py