diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8cbb09cad7..ca9c96b82f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ colorama==0.4.6
 cryptography==44.0.0
 Deprecated==1.2.15
 dill==0.3.9
-docutils==0.21.2
+docutils==0.20.1
 flit==3.10.1
 flit_core==3.10.1
 frozenlist==1.5.0