diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 36cb4212e..1704823c6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sphinx-sitemap==2.9.0
 # fork of furo with a few changes that are not merged upstream
 git+https://github.com/haampie/furo.git@c1d161cb9e04b481ec3331db981aacfa132ecaa6#egg=furo
 python-levenshtein==0.27.3
-docutils==0.21.2
+docutils==0.23
 pygments==2.20.0
 urllib3==2.7.0
 pytest==9.1.1