diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index fcfa7f9cce3e7a..0c0583bc5c086c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
 # fork of furo with a few changes that are not merged upstream
 git+https://github.com/haampie/furo.git@c1d161cb9e04b481ec3331db981aacfa132ecaa6#egg=furo
 python-levenshtein==0.27.1
-docutils==0.21.2
+docutils==0.22.2
 pygments==2.19.2
 urllib3==2.5.0
 pytest==8.4.1