diff --git a/docs/_static/custom.css b/docs/_static/custom.css
index 4bc681421..8948ecc90 100644
--- a/docs/_static/custom.css
+++ b/docs/_static/custom.css
@@ -302,32 +302,36 @@ div.contents.local.topic > ul > li > ul {
     margin-top: 0;
 }
 
-.sphinx-tabs .sphinx-menu a.item {
-    color: #c77c11 !important;
+[role="tablist"] {
+    border-color: #eee;
 }
 
-.sphinx-tabs .sphinx-menu a.item:hover{
-    color: #f0ad4e !important;
+.sphinx-tabs-panel {
+    border-color: #eee;
+    padding: 4px 1rem;
 }
 
-.sphinx-tabs .sphinx-menu {
-    border-bottom-color: #eee !important;
+.sphinx-tabs-tab {
+    top: 2px;
+    border-color: #eee;
+    color: #c77c11;
 }
 
-.sphinx-tabs .sphinx-menu a.active.item {
-    border-color: #eee !important;
+.sphinx-tabs-tab[aria-selected="true"] {
+    border-color: #eee;
 }
 
-.sphinx-tab {
-    border-color: #eee !important;
+.sphinx-tabs-tab[aria-selected="false"]:hover {
+    color: #f0ad4e;
+    text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
-.sphinx-tab.tab.active {
-    background-color: rgb(245,245,245);
+.sphinx-tabs-tab:focus {
+    z-index: 0;
 }
 
-.sphinx-tabs .sphinx-menu a.active.item  {
-    background-color: rgb(245,245,245) !important;
+.sphinx-tabs-panel .highlight-python {
+    margin: 4px 0;
 }
 
 div.note, pre {
@@ -363,4 +367,4 @@ div.highlight > pre {
 /* TODO: remove once alabaster is updated */
 span.descname, span.descclassname {
     font-size: 0.95em;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/requirements/docs b/requirements/docs
index ac7eee1bf..e59d178cf 100644
--- a/requirements/docs
+++ b/requirements/docs
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ pygments
 pygments-style-github
 sphinx
 sphinx_rtd_theme
-# NOTE(vytas): pin until we figure out how to deal with the dark mode.
-sphinx-tabs < 3.3.0
+sphinx-tabs
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 15fc36b74..02cb334be 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ commands =
 basepython = python3.8
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements/docs
 commands =
-    sphinx-build -W -E -b html docs docs/_build/html []
+    sphinx-build -j auto -W -E -b html docs docs/_build/html []
 
 [testenv:towncrier]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements/docs