diff --git a/docs/extensions/cli_options.py b/docs/extensions/cli_options.py
index 2307c901e..9820bd4fe 100644
--- a/docs/extensions/cli_options.py
+++ b/docs/extensions/cli_options.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 from textwrap import dedent
 from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
+from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
 
 from jinja2 import Template
-from sphinx.util.compat import Directive
 from sphinx.util.nodes import nested_parse_with_titles
 
 
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 2bef51885..520ec5d07 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 
 
 # dependencies
-sphinx==1.5.6
+sphinx==1.8.1
 jinja2==2.10
-pygments-markdown-lexer==0.1.0.dev39
+-e git://github.com/jhermann/pygments-markdown-lexer.git@e651a9a3f664285b01451eb39232b1ad9af65956#egg=pygments-markdown-lexer
 pygments-apiblueprint==0.1.0
 
 # dev dependencies
 doc8==0.8.0
 sphinx-autobuild==0.7.1
-sphinx-rtd-theme==0.2.4
+sphinx-rtd-theme==0.4.2