diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index edcd45af..28c42f84 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ readme-renderer==17.4
 releases==1.4.0
 
 # workaround for #492
-semantic-version<2.7
+semantic-version==2.8.2
 Sphinx==2.2.0
 sphinx-autodoc-annotation==1.0.post1
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints==1.7.0