diff --git a/ci/requirements_rtd.txt b/ci/requirements_rtd.txt
index e2c46eb72c..a392279645 100644
--- a/ci/requirements_rtd.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements_rtd.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ sphinxcontrib-programoutput
 silx
 nbsphinx
 sphinx-rtd-theme
-docutils<0.20
+docutils<0.22
 ipython_genutils