diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index a70c59bab..c3135f4b9 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ ipython>=7.2.0, <8.0.0 # required for executing notebooks nbsphinx
 # these should be identical to the ones in `setup.py` or `dev.txt`
 shap>=0.36.0, !=0.38.1, <0.40 # https://github.com/SeldonIO/alibi/issues/333
 # pandoc
-# pandoc==1.16.02 # NB: as this is not a Python library, it should be installed manually on the system or via a package manager such as `conda`
+# pandoc==1.19.2 # NB: as this is not a Python library, it should be installed manually on the system or via a package manager such as `conda`