diff --git a/requirements/geovista.yml b/requirements/geovista.yml
index a6ea943d..cecd84dc 100644
--- a/requirements/geovista.yml
+++ b/requirements/geovista.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies:
   - ipykernel
   - myst-nb
   - numpydoc
-  - pydata-sphinx-theme >=0.15.3
+  - pydata-sphinx-theme >=0.15.3,!=0.16.1
   - sphinx >=7.3
   - sphinx-autoapi >=3.2.0
   - sphinx-book-theme >=1.1.3
diff --git a/requirements/pypi-optional-docs.txt b/requirements/pypi-optional-docs.txt
index ab62d7d9..1982d4f4 100644
--- a/requirements/pypi-optional-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/pypi-optional-docs.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sphinx-gallery >=0.16
 sphinx-tags >=0.4
 sphinx-tippy
 sphinx-togglebutton
-pydata-sphinx-theme >=0.15.3
+pydata-sphinx-theme >=0.15.3,!=0.16.1
 ipywidgets
 jupyter-server-proxy
 nest_asyncio