diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index ec51a2c1..05ab898c 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 -r requirements.txt
+docutils<0.17
 pytest-cov==2.12.0
 flake8
 m2r2