diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 0f029d2fd3..fd0e52242b 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 # Required
 version: 2
 
+build:
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
+  tools:
+    python: "3.8"
+
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py