diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 8545b66f09..b23fca874b 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ build:
   tools:
     python: "3.11"
   commands:
+    - python -mvirtualenv $READTHEDOCS_VIRTUALENV_PATH
+    - python -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir pip setuptools
+    - python -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir mkdocs
+    - python -m pip install --exists-action=w --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+    - cat mkdocs.yml
     - python -m mkdocs build --clean --site-dir $READTHEDOCS_OUTPUT/html --config-file mkdocs.yml --strict
 
 mkdocs: