diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 86900253..5d982541 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.8"
+    python: "3.9"
     # You can also specify other tool versions:
     # nodejs: "16"
     # rust: "1.55"
diff --git a/python/docs/conf.py b/python/docs/conf.py
index 33550ac2..ddd0d2c8 100644
--- a/python/docs/conf.py
+++ b/python/docs/conf.py
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
-#
-# Note: We will use the default theme which is nicer
-# html_theme = 'alabaster'
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 
 # 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,
diff --git a/requirements-doc.txt b/requirements-doc.txt
index ebd1c900..f8944226 100644
--- a/requirements-doc.txt
+++ b/requirements-doc.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-sphinx==4.3.0
+sphinx==7.2.3
+sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0
 pyyaml
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