diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4170c03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sphinx-rtd-theme
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diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
index f528c103..96a6e064 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ formats: all
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
 python:
   install:
-    - sphinx-rtd-theme
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
     - requirements: requirements.txt
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