diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 678a7c4c285..f34f3f99d09 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ linkify-it-py
 lxml
 myst-parser
 pygments
-sphinx
+# Workaround for readthedocs bug (https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme/issues/1343)
+sphinx~=5.0,!=5.2.0.post0
 sphinx-issues
 sphinx_markdown_tables>=0.0.17
 sphinx-notfound-page