diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index f5cafa098..22065b47d 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+
 version: 2
 
 mkdocs:
   configuration: mkdocs.yml
 
 python:
-  version: 3.6
+  version: 3.8
+  install:
+    - requirements: doc/requirements.txt
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diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a0c8dce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mkdocs==1.2.3
+Pygments==2.9.0
+Markdown==3.3.4
+jinja2==3.0.0
\ No newline at end of file