diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 7a49945ba2..6d63d93f98 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 archspec==0.2.1
-docutils==0.17.1 # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/9001
+docutils==0.18.1
 jsonschema==3.2.0
 semver==2.13.0; python_version == '3.6'
 semver==3.0.1; python_version >= '3.7'
-Sphinx==5.3.0
-sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.2
+Sphinx==5.3.0; python_version < '3.8'
+Sphinx==7.1.2; python_version == '3.8'
+Sphinx==7.2.6; python_version >= '3.9'
+sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0