diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 37b5072b..7b7b64e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-        sphinx: [">=6,<7"]
+        sphinx: [">=7,<8"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         include:
         - os: ubuntu-latest
           python-version: "3.8"
-          sphinx: ">=5,<6"
+          sphinx: ">=6,<7"
         - os: windows-latest
           python-version: "3.8"
-          sphinx: ">=5,<6"
+          sphinx: ">=6,<7"
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2bc231c4..6c779419 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "markdown-it-py~=3.0",
     "mdit-py-plugins~=0.4",
     "pyyaml",
-    "sphinx>=5,<7",
+    "sphinx>=6,<8",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/tests/test_docutils.py b/tests/test_docutils.py
index fc509dcc..6e6a22dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_docutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_docutils.py
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 from textwrap import dedent
 from typing import Literal
 
-import pytest
-from docutils import VersionInfo, __version_info__
-
 from myst_parser.mdit_to_docutils.base import make_document
 from myst_parser.parsers.docutils_ import (
     Parser,
@@ -101,10 +98,6 @@ def test_help_text():
     assert "MyST options" in stream.getvalue()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    __version_info__ < VersionInfo(0, 17, 0, "final", 0, True),
-    reason="parser option added in docutils 0.17",
-)
 def test_include_from_rst(tmp_path):
     """Test including a MyST file from within an RST file."""
     from docutils.parsers.rst import Parser as RSTParser
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
index a41e96b8..db376e18 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds.py
@@ -278,10 +278,6 @@ def test_includes(
         )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    __version_info__ < VersionInfo(0, 17, 0, "final", 0, True),
-    reason="parser option added in docutils 0.17",
-)
 @pytest.mark.sphinx(
     buildername="html",
     srcdir=os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "include_from_rst"),
@@ -337,6 +333,9 @@ def test_footnotes(
             filename="footnote_md.html",
             regress_html=True,
             regress_ext=".html",
+            replace={
+                'role="note">': 'role="doc-footnote">',  # changed in docutils 0.20
+            },
         )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html
index 546739c3..8f88fcbf 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx/test_sphinx_builds/test_footnotes.html
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ <h1>
     </blockquote>
     <hr class="footnotes docutils"/>
     <aside class="footnote-list brackets">
-     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="c" role="note">
+     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="c" role="doc-footnote">
       <span class="label">
        <span class="fn-bracket">
         [
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ <h1>
        a footnote referenced first
       </p>
      </aside>
-     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="d" role="note">
+     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="d" role="doc-footnote">
       <span class="label">
        <span class="fn-bracket">
         [
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ <h1>
        a footnote referenced in a directive
       </p>
      </aside>
-     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="a" role="note">
+     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="a" role="doc-footnote">
       <span class="label">
        <span class="fn-bracket">
         [
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ <h1>
        </em>
       </p>
      </aside>
-     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="b" role="note">
+     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="b" role="doc-footnote">
       <span class="label">
        <span class="fn-bracket">
         [
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ <h1>
        a footnote before its reference
       </p>
      </aside>
-     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="id8" role="note">
+     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="id8" role="doc-footnote">
       <span class="label">
        <span class="fn-bracket">
         [
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ <h1>
        multiple references footnote
       </p>
      </aside>
-     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="e" role="note">
+     <aside class="footnote brackets" id="e" role="doc-footnote">
       <span class="label">
        <span class="fn-bracket">
         [
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 61d42df1..55cd32fd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 # then then deleting compiled files has been found to fix it: `find . -name \*.pyc -delete`
 
 [tox]
-envlist = py38-sphinx6
+envlist = py38-sphinx7
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = true
 
-[testenv:py{37,38,39,310,311}-sphinx{5,6}]
+[testenv:py{37,38,39,310,311}-sphinx{6,7}]
 deps =
-    sphinx5: sphinx>=5,<6
     sphinx6: sphinx>=6,<7
+    sphinx7: sphinx>=7,<8
 extras =
     linkify
     testing