diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index 2b33d88ba..1c42c10ea 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.0.0, <2.0.0
 myst-parser>=0.14, <0.18
 sphinxcontrib-apidoc>=0.3.0, <0.4.0
 nbsphinx>=0.8.5, <0.9.0
-sphinx_design==0.1.0  # Pinning for now as sphinx_design is v.new and still in flux. 
+sphinx_design==0.3.0  # Pinning for now as sphinx_design is v.new and still in flux. 
 ipykernel>=5.1.0, <6.0.0 # required for executing notebooks via nbsphinx
 ipython>=7.2.0, <8.0.0 # required for executing notebooks nbsphinx
 # dependencies required for imports to work and docs to render properly (as mocking doesn't work well)