diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0b2107a1d..d7256e782 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ dev = [
 
 # docs - dependencies for building the documentation
 docs = [
-  "sphinx>3.2,<7.2.6",
+  "sphinx>3.2,<8.2.4",
   "pydata-sphinx-theme",
   "nbsphinx",
   "pandoc",