diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 65638cfcbe..44c27ebe71 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pillow==10.0.1
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 Sphinx==7.4.7
-conda-sphinx-theme==0.2.1
+conda-sphinx-theme==0.2.2
 linkify-it-py==2.0.2
 myst-parser==2.0.0
 pylint==2.17.5
diff --git a/news/5518-fix-docs-build.rst b/news/5518-fix-docs-build.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a10ba7d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5518-fix-docs-build.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* Fixed bug in docs build by pinning conda-sphinx-theme to 0.2.2. (#5518)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>