diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index f9c3ccc1b60de4..48ee2bc081186a 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ sphinx==8.1.3
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
 sphinx_design==0.6.1
 sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.1
-python-levenshtein==0.26.0
+python-levenshtein==0.26.1
 docutils==0.20.1
 pygments==2.18.0
 urllib3==2.2.3