diff --git a/docs/api_reference/requirements.txt b/docs/api_reference/requirements.txt
index e5829ed5d9c..9132e119aef 100644
--- a/docs/api_reference/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/api_reference/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pydantic<2
 autodoc_pydantic==1.8.0
 myst_parser
 nbsphinx==0.8.9
-sphinx==4.5.0
+sphinx>=5
 sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14
 sphinx_rtd_theme==1.0.0
 sphinx-typlog-theme==0.8.0