diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index eaaff1dc84..d7bfc577e4 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 urllib3<2
 # The builds for documentation fails with <0.18.0
 docutils>=0.18.1
+sphinx<=7.1.2
 six
 testresources
 recommonmark