diff --git a/docs/sphinx-requirements.txt b/docs/sphinx-requirements.txt
index c8e0b2fb4..f4c5dcb87 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/sphinx-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sphinx builds the documentation
-sphinx>=3.0,<5.1
+sphinx>=3.0,<5.2
 
 # Sphinx dependencies
 Pygments>=2.6.1