diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 10e19f093e5eec..93143f6ad0bb14 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 sphinx==7.2.6
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
-sphinx_design==0.5.0
+sphinx_design==0.6.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0
 python-levenshtein==0.23.0
 docutils==0.18.1