diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index adc37f38d57..65526f23fa7 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ pydata-sphinx-theme==0.7.2
 pygments>=2.15.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.32.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-sphinx==4.3.0
+sphinx>=5.0
 sphinx-autoapi==1.8.4
 sphinx-code-include==1.1.1
 sphinx-copybutton==0.4.0
-sphinx-panels==0.6.0
+sphinx-design>=0.5
 urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 777cba08e9c..bfe6401bbcf 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "sphinx.ext.ifconfig",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
-    "sphinx_panels",
+    "sphinx_design",#deleted sphinx panels as it is not supported in sphinx 5 and added sphinx design
 ]
 
 exclude_patterns = [