diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 7fb7b8dd61..0b262469ce 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -5,16 +5,21 @@
 # Required
 version: 2
 
+# Set the version of Python and other tools you might need
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
 
+# We recommend specifying your dependencies to enable reproducible builds:
+# https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/reproducible-builds.html
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
+
 # We want all the document formats
 formats: all
-
-# For consistency, we require that QEMU's Sphinx extensions
-# run with at least the same minimum version of Python that
-# we require for other Python in our codebase (our conf.py
-# enforces this, and some code needs it.)
-python:
-  version: 3.6
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..691e5218ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sphinx==5.3.0
+sphinx_rtd_theme==1.1.1