diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index cece5b9b..b1784dde 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
+import gevent.monkey; gevent.monkey.patch_all()
+
 import sys
 import os
 
diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
index 9eddc492..f9dc5a2f 100644
--- a/readthedocs.yml
+++ b/readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ build:
 formats:
     - none
 python:
+    version: 3.7
     pip_install: true
     install:
       - requirements: doc/requirements.txt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 690877fa..29f37cd7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def run(self):
     install_requires = ['ait-core>=2.0rc1.dev0'],
     extras_require = {
         'docs':  [
-            'Sphinx==1.7.2',
+            'Sphinx==2.2.2',
             'sphinx_rtd_theme',
             'sphinxcontrib-httpdomain',
             'sphinx-js'