diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 24cea610f7..f81e15ccae 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ doc =
     sphinxcontrib-napoleon
     nbsphinx
     ipython
-    docutils==0.17.1    # pin to avoid doc build bug - see #1437
+    docutils>=0.17.1
 storage =
     ipfshttpclient>=0.4.13
     redis