diff --git a/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt b/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
index 5030d346d2..af79d2c119 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/sphinx/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-docutils
+docutils==0.16
 Sphinx==2.4.4
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 six