diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 816c10e2..70db5313 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ build:
 
 sphinx:
    configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+python:
+   install:
+   - requirements: docs/readthedocs-requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/readthedocs-requirements.txt b/docs/readthedocs-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93120e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/readthedocs-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docutils<0.18