diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b13b4d709..37e8787e8 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pydocstyle
 pytest >=3.2
 pytest-mock
 sphinx_compas_theme >=0.13
-sphinx >=3.4
+sphinx ==7.1.2
 twine
 matplotlib
 Rtree