diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5d80ec2848..b42b6617ec 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
 #
-needs_sphinx = '4.1'
+needs_sphinx = '4.5'
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
diff --git a/docs/requirements-py3.txt b/docs/requirements-py3.txt
index 37333c5d56..c213a4adba 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # This is a PIP requirements file for building Sphinx documentation of pywikibot
 # requirements.txt is also needed
 
-sphinx >= 4.5.0,!=5.0.0,!=5.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+sphinx >= 4.5.0,!=5.0.0,!=5.0.1,!=5.0.2
\ No newline at end of file