diff --git a/docs/changelog/2321.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2321.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2368c5e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2321.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Require Python 3.10 to generate docs - by :user:`jugmac00`.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 459e7c082..aca42081f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:docs]
 description = build documentation
+basepython = python3.10
 extras =
     docs
 commands =