diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1154ca2daf5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 2
+
+python:
+  version: 3.7
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements-docs.txt
+
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/source/conf.py
+  fail_on_warning: true
+
+formats: all
diff --git a/docs/requirements-docs.txt b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
index d20641e7edf5..7e3d31ebea98 100644
--- a/docs/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Sphinx >= 1.4.4
-sphinx-rtd-theme >= 0.1.9
+sphinx>=4.2.0,<5.0.0
+sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.0.0,<2.0.0