diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 10da42a..2a1dfd4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dev = [
   "ruff>=0.4.3",
   "sphinx>=7.0",
   "sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.2.0",
-  "docutils<0.22"
+  "docutils<0.23"
 ]
 
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