diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 5f1184e921119..cbdaf8e6c4217 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # documentation
   - gitpython  # obtain contributors from git for whatsnew
+  - gitdb2=2.0.6  # GH-32060
   - sphinx
 
   # documentation (jupyter notebooks)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 08cbef2c7fc6b..a469cbdd93ceb 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ isort
 mypy==0.730
 pycodestyle
 gitpython
+gitdb2==2.0.6
 sphinx
 nbconvert>=5.4.1
 nbsphinx