diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 0c1ef3d..2d978f8 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,4 @@ mkdocs:
 # Optionally declare the Python requirements required to build your docs
 python:
    install:
-   - method: pip
-     path: .
-     extra_requirements:
-      - docs
+     - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ac300a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+markdown-include
+mkdocs
+mkdocs-material
+mkdocstrings[python]