diff --git a/doc/source/ext/mdreadme.py b/doc/source/ext/mdreadme.py
index 4cc49ef..61e8aec 100644
--- a/doc/source/ext/mdreadme.py
+++ b/doc/source/ext/mdreadme.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 
 from docutils import nodes
 from markdown_it.token import Token
-from myst_parser.main import MdParserConfig, default_parser
+from myst_parser.config.main import MdParserConfig
+from myst_parser.parsers.mdit import create_md_parser
+from myst_parser.mdit_to_docutils.sphinx_ import SphinxRenderer
 from myst_parser.docutils_ import Parser as _Parser
 
 
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ def parse(self, inputstring: str, document: nodes.document) -> None:
         :param inputstring: The source string to parse
         :param document: The root docutils node to add AST elements to
         """
-        config = MdParserConfig(renderer="docutils", enable_extensions=['linkify'])
-        parser = default_parser(config)
+        config = MdParserConfig(enable_extensions=['linkify'])
+        parser = create_md_parser(config, SphinxRenderer)
         parser.options["document"] = document
         env = {}