diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index f7b8515e0..6b813ead8 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ doc strings don't have a separate documentation site they generate, instead, the
 
 User facing documentation
 -------------------------
-We use `sphinx`_ to generate static HTML docs. Note that this requires Poython 3.8+. To build the docs, first make sure you have the required dependencies:
+We use `sphinx`_ to generate static HTML docs. To build them, first make sure you have the required dependencies:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index 584f9c111..2f8cd8248 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sphinx==6.0.0
+sphinx==5.3.0
 sphinx-pypi-upload
 furo==2022.12.7
 git+https://github.com/harshil21/furo-sphinx-search@be5cfa221a01f6e259bb2bb1f76d6ede7ffc1f11#egg=furo-sphinx-search