diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 5f852562..2dafe72c 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ sphinx:
 # Build PDF for docs
 formats:
   - pdf
+
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd104590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+sphinx==7.2.6
+sphinx_rtd_theme==1.3.0
+readthedocs-sphinx-search==0.3.1
+jinja2==3.1.2
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index ed389a1c..31396dcc 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -33,4 +33,3 @@
 # run pip install sphinx_rtd_theme if you get sphinx_rtd_theme errors
 html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
 html_css_files = ['status.css']
-