diff --git a/requirements_doc.txt b/requirements_doc.txt
index 15971ff17..638e6329c 100644
--- a/requirements_doc.txt
+++ b/requirements_doc.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 importlib-metadata==6.8.0; python_version<'3.8'
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
-lxml==5.3.0
+lxml==5.2.2
 
-Sphinx==8.0.2
-sphinx-autoapi==3.2.1
+Sphinx==7.3.7
+sphinx-autoapi==3.1.2
 sphinx-autobuild==2024.4.16
 sphinx-book-theme==1.1.3
-sphinx-design==0.6.1
+sphinx-design==0.6.0
 sphinxcontrib-plantuml==0.30
 sphinx-toggleprompt==0.5.2
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2  # does not work well with toggleprompt