diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index da5f5dc1..0e6aecc7 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ sphinx==7
 sphinx_mdinclude
 numpy
 scipy
-docutils>=0.20
+docutils>=0.19
 sphinx_rtd_theme==1.2.0rc3