diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f08e36ce592..31bbe141e89 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ developer = [
 docs = [
     'sphinx>=7.2',
     'sphinx-gallery>=0.14',
-    'numpydoc>=1.6',
+    'numpydoc>=1.7',
     'sphinx-copybutton',
     'pytest-runner',
     'matplotlib>=3.6',
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index cd520cf3e0e..2101103c2b2 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Do not edit this file; modify pyproject.toml instead.
 sphinx>=7.2
 sphinx-gallery>=0.14
-numpydoc>=1.6
+numpydoc>=1.7
 sphinx-copybutton
 pytest-runner
 matplotlib>=3.6