diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index edecdffe4b..50e3e977bc 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 sphinx>=5.0,<7.0
-docutils<0.18
+docutils<0.21
 nbsphinx
 sphinx_gallery
 ipython