diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e5b31064419..d791357eaad 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Release 7.3.0 (in development)
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
+* #11411: Support `Docutils 0.21`_. Patch by Adam Turner.
+
+.. _Docutils 0.21: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/RELEASE-NOTES.html#release-0-21-2024-04-09
+
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 556e1ce9d48..9944526fc8c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "sphinxcontrib-qthelp",
     "Jinja2>=3.0",
     "Pygments>=2.14",
-    "docutils>=0.18.1,<0.21",
+    "docutils>=0.18.1,<0.22",
     "snowballstemmer>=2.0",
     "babel>=2.9",
     "alabaster~=0.7.14",