diff --git a/reahl-doc/setup.cfg b/reahl-doc/setup.cfg
index 56245dba7..f44b48da7 100644
--- a/reahl-doc/setup.cfg
+++ b/reahl-doc/setup.cfg
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ exclude = etc, build, dist
 [options.extras_require]
 test =
   pytest>=3.0
-  Sphinx<=7.1.1
-  sphinxcontrib-plantuml
+  Sphinx
+  sphinxcontrib-plantuml           
+# We pin the sphinxcontrib=* things because of https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11567
+  sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.4
+  sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
+  sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.1
+  sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
+  sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
+  sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
   flaky>=3.7.0
   reahl-tofu
   reahl-stubble