diff --git a/docs/docs_environment.yml b/docs/docs_environment.yml
index c8e75e4e8..f7910d3c1 100644
--- a/docs/docs_environment.yml
+++ b/docs/docs_environment.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - tethys_dataset_services >=2.0.0
   - django =3.2.*
-  - sphinx
+  - sphinx <7.2
   - sphinx-argparse
   - make
   - setuptools_scm