diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index d426370660..2b1443201a 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
+version: 2
+
 build:
   image: latest
+
+python:
+  version: 3.8
+  install:
+  - requirements: requirements-docs.txt
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diff --git a/newsfragments/2688.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/2688.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92efd9e43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/2688.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bump `sphinx_rtd_theme` version to fix missing unordered list bullets
diff --git a/newsfragments/2688.internal.rst b/newsfragments/2688.internal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09b3aa1585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/2688.internal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+move definition of RTD install requirements file from their dashboard into `.readthedocs.yml`, and remove unused `sphinx-better-theme` from requirements
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4892c249d7..d510ece879 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     ],
     "docs": [
         "mock",
-        "sphinx-better-theme>=0.1.4",
         "click>=5.1",
         "configparser==3.5.0",
         "contextlib2>=0.5.4",
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
         "py-solc>=0.4.0",
         "pytest>=6.2.5,<7",
         "sphinx>=4.2.0,<5",
-        "sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.1.9",
+        "sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.5.2",
         "toposort>=1.4",
         "towncrier==18.5.0",
         "urllib3",