diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index c6157fa9c4..3bdd1d00d5 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+docutils<=0.17  # https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/bugs/431/
 sphinx==3.3.1
 sphinx_bootstrap_theme==0.7.1
 numpydoc