diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index 2c63f04f5ed8e..12fd2fd5aed55 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ myst-parser >=0.18.1, <4.0.0
 nbsphinx >=0.8.5, <=0.9.7
 nbconvert >7.14, <7.17
 pandoc >=1.0, <=2.4
-docutils>=0.18.1,<=0.19
+docutils>=0.18.1,<=0.22
 sphinxcontrib-fulltoc >=1.0, <=1.2.0
 sphinxcontrib-mockautodoc
 sphinx-autobuild