diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5f39f0e4e..bca8ed0a1 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -2,108 +2,34 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
-#
-# This file only contains a selection of the most common options. For a full
-# list see the documentation:
-# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
-
-# -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
-# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
-# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-
 import datetime
 import os
 import time
 import sys
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
 import mesonpy
 
-build_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
-    int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH', time.time())),
-    tz=datetime.timezone.utc,
-)
-
-
-# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+_build_time = int(os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH', time.time()))
+_build_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(_build_time, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
 
 project = 'meson-python'
-copyright = f'2021\N{EN DASH}{build_date.year} The meson-python developers'
-
-# The short X.Y version
-version = mesonpy.__version__
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = mesonpy.__version__
+version = release = mesonpy.__version__
+copyright = f'2021\N{EN DASH}{_build_date.year} The meson-python developers'
 
+html_theme = 'furo'
+html_title = f'meson-python {version}'
 
-# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
-
-# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
-# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
-# ones.
 extensions = [
-    'sphinx.ext.todo',
     'sphinx_copybutton',
     'sphinx_design',
     'sphinxext.opengraph',
     'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
 ]
 
-
-try:
-    import sphinxcontrib.spelling
-    extensions.append('sphinxcontrib.spelling')
-    spelling_show_suggestions = True
-    spelling_warning = True
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
-templates_path = ['_templates']
-
-# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
-# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-# This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path.
-exclude_patterns = []
-
-default_role = 'any'
-
-todo_include_todos = True
-
+# sphinx.ext.intersphinx
 intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None)}
 
-# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
-
-# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
-# a list of builtin themes.
-#
-html_theme = 'furo'
-html_title = f'meson-python {version}'
-
-html_static_path = ['static']
-html_css_files = [
-    'css/contributors.css',
-]
-
-html_theme_options = {
-    'light_css_variables': {
-        'font-stack': (
-            'system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,'
-            'Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji'
-        ),
-    },
-}
-
-
-# Open Graph
-
+# sphinxext.opengraph
 ogp_site_url = 'https://mesonbuild.com/meson-python/'
 ogp_site_name = 'meson-python documentation'
-
-
-# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
-# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
-# so a file named 'default.css' will overwrite the builtin 'default.css'.
-# html_static_path = ['_static']
diff --git a/docs/static/css/contributors.css b/docs/static/css/contributors.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 1629f783a..000000000
--- a/docs/static/css/contributors.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The meson-python developers
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
- */
-
-.sphinx-contributors--avatars .sphinx-contributors_contributor__image {
-    border-radius: 50%;
-    max-width: 80px;
-    margin: auto;
-}
-
-.sphinx-contributors--avatars .sphinx-contributors_contributor__username {
-    font-size: 80%;
-    text-align: center;
-}
-
-.sphinx-contributors--avatars .sphinx-contributors_contributor {
-    flex-grow: 1;
-}
-
-.sphinx-contributors--avatars .sphinx-contributors_list {
-    justify-content: flex-start;
-    gap: 10px;
-}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af6814a6b..1b526773a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ test = [
   'typing-extensions >= 3.7.4; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
 docs = [
-  'furo >= 2023.5.20',
-  'sphinx ~= 6.2',
+  'furo >= 2024.08.06',
+  'sphinx ~= 8.1.0',
   'sphinx-copybutton >= 0.5.0',
   'sphinx-design >= 0.1.0',
   'sphinxext-opengraph >= 0.7.0',