diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
index a8e376c0ae44fe..f1dda10052e109 100644
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@
     'papersize': 'a4paper',
     # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
     'pointsize': '10pt',
+    'maxlistdepth': '8',  # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/139588
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples