diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 2429041f..c9996eb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        docutils-version: ["0.17", "0.18", "0.19"]
+        docutils-version: ["0.17", "0.18", "0.19", "0.20"]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fe68e9fd..2bc231c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ keywords = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-    "docutils>=0.15,<0.20",
+    "docutils>=0.16,<0.21",
     "jinja2", # required for substitutions, but let sphinx choose version
     "markdown-it-py~=3.0",
     "mdit-py-plugins~=0.4",