diff --git a/doc/source/changelog/875.dependencies.md b/doc/source/changelog/875.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b034c8d365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/changelog/875.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump jupytext from 1.17.3 to 1.18.1 in the doc group
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f794f1ee7..6233be6c89 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ doc = [
   "build==1.3.0",
   "jupyter-server==2.17.0",
   "jupyterlab==4.4.9",
-  "jupytext==1.17.3",
+  "jupytext==1.18.1",
   "libcst==1.8.5",
   "matplotlib==3.10.7",
   "myst-parser==4.0.1",