diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index c1b93d987a6e9..6b65450094164 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ myst-parser >=0.18.1, <3.0.0
 nbsphinx >=0.8.5, <=0.9.2
 nbconvert <7.14  # temporary fix for https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/issues/2092
 pandoc >=1.0, <=2.3
-docutils >=0.16, <0.21
+docutils >=0.16, <0.22
 sphinxcontrib-fulltoc >=1.0, <=1.2.0
 sphinxcontrib-mockautodoc
 sphinx-autobuild