diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 57297d4b..5b09f7d1 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.8"
+    python: "3.9"
 
 python:
   install:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 58cceb0e..1a52d061 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@
 html_title = ""
 html_theme_options = {
     "home_page_in_toc": True,
-    "github_url": "https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser",
+    # "github_url": "https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser",
     "repository_url": "https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser",
     "repository_branch": "master",
     "path_to_docs": "docs",
     "use_repository_button": True,
     "use_edit_page_button": True,
     "use_issues_button": True,
-    "announcement": "<b>v2.0.0</b> is now out! See the Changelog for details",
+    # "announcement": "<b>v2.0.0</b> is now out! See the Changelog for details",
 }
 html_last_updated_fmt = ""
 # OpenGraph metadata
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 01f5816d..65c66548 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ code_style = ["pre-commit~=3.0"]
 linkify = ["linkify-it-py~=2.0"]
 # Note: This is only required for internal use
 rtd = [
+    "sphinx>=7",
     "ipython",
-    "sphinx-book-theme==1.0.0rc2",
-    "pydata-sphinx-theme==v0.13.0rc4",
-    "sphinx-design2",
+    "sphinx-book-theme~=1.1",
+    "sphinx-design",
     "sphinx-copybutton",
     "sphinxext-rediraffe~=0.2.7",
     # TODO this can uncommented once https://github.com/mgaitan/sphinxcontrib-mermaid/issues/109 is fixed
     # "sphinxcontrib.mermaid~=0.7.1",
     "sphinxext-opengraph~=0.9.0",
     "sphinx-pyscript",
-    "sphinx-tippy>=0.3.1",
+    "sphinx-tippy>=0.4.3",
     "sphinx-autodoc2~=0.5.0",
     "sphinx-togglebutton",
 ]