diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index cc80663626..ffc07d9a6a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ build:
   os: "ubuntu-lts-latest"
   apt_packages: 
     - libmagic1
+    - cmake
+    - ninja-build
   tools:
     python: "3.10"
 
 python:
   install:
+    # Split requirements to control the installation order. This ensures that build dependencies are installed first.
+    - requirements: docs/requirements-build.txt
     - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
 
 sphinx:
diff --git a/docs/requirements-build.txt b/docs/requirements-build.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c21ddec5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements-build.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cmake>=3.26
+ninja
+scikit-build>=0.18
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 724674aef9..4de20881c1 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-cmake>=3.26
-ninja
-scikit-build>=0.18
 sphinx==7.1.2
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.3.0rc1
 sphinx-copybutton