diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 7f14615..c695aa2 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 sphinx
 sphinx-rtd-theme
 # issue with rendering bullet points in sphinx docutils 0.17 or higher see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67542699/readthedocs-sphinx-not-rendering-bullet-list-from-rst-file
-docutils==0.16
+docutils==0.22
 myst-parser
 sphinx-design