diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 085b3a792a7b..2ad884926534 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 sphinx
 recommonmark
+# docutils 0.15 has a syntax error. fun.
+docutils == 0.14