diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml b/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
index 1a112178..cb755a1e 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-docs.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 channels:
 - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - nbsphinx
-  - sphinx
-  - myst-parser
-  - numpy
-  - mpich
-  - cloudpickle
-  - mpi4py
-  - tqdm
-  - pyzmq
-  - flux-core
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+- nbsphinx
+- sphinx
+- myst-parser
+- numpy
+- openmpi
+- cloudpickle =3.0.0
+- mpi4py =3.1.5
+- tqdm =4.66.1
+- pyzmq =25.1.1
+- flux-core
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
index 85028d85..74b47f22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -i "/${package}/s/${from}/${to}/g" .ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
           sed -i "/${package}/s/${from}/${to}/g" .ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
           sed -i "/${package}/s/${from}/${to}/g" .ci_support/environment-win.yml
+          sed -i "/${package}/s/${from}/${to}/g" .ci_support/environment-docs.yml
       - name: UpdateDependabotPR commit
         run: |
           git config --local user.email "pyiron@mpie.de"
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index b4de3480..38c2541e 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@
 version: 2
 
 build:
-  os: "ubuntu-20.04"
+  os: "ubuntu-22.04"
   tools:
-    python: "mambaforge-4.10"
+    python: "mambaforge-22.9"
+  jobs:
+    pre_build:
+      - pip install versioneer[toml]==0.29
+      - pip install . --no-deps --no-build-isolation
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
@@ -19,10 +23,4 @@ formats: []
 
 # Install pyiron from conda
 conda:
-  environment: .ci_support/environment-docs.yml
-
-# Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
-python:
-  install:
-    - method: pip
-      path: .
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+  environment: .ci_support/environment-docs.yml
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