diff --git a/docs/preinstall_requirements.txt b/docs/preinstall_requirements.txt
index f71cd413..dc3d256b 100644
--- a/docs/preinstall_requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/preinstall_requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # For some odd reason, readthedocs uses a really old version of setuptools
 # Note: as of v58.0.0 the `2to3` option for setup() is gone which breaks
 # ALL installs of sphinx-bootstrap-theme
-setuptools==57.5.0
+setuptools==65.5.1
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 02e31ead..52283dd4 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # For some odd reason, readthedocs uses a really old version of setuptools
 # Note: as of v58.0.0 the `2to3` option for setup() is gone which breaks
 # ALL installs of sphinx-bootstrap-theme
-setuptools==57.5.0
+setuptools==65.5.1
 ipykernel
 nbsphinx
 mock