diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index bfe20b3ad4..fa7ca0da05 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/source/conf.py
 
-build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
-  tools:
-    python: "3.8"
\ No newline at end of file
+python:
+  version: "3.8"
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f5d059187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sphinx<2
+sphinx-rtd-theme<0.5
\ No newline at end of file