diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index e61a693d7..d4cdaa000 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@
 # This patterns also effect to html_static_path and html_extra_path
 exclude_patterns = ["auto_examples/index.rst", "_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
 
+nitpick_ignore_regex = [
+    # needs https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/13178
+    ("py:class", r".*pathlib\._local\.Path"),
+]
+
 # HTML options (e.g., theme)
 html_show_sourcelink = False
 html_copy_source = False