diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 7f938ece9..2ba5c1243 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sphinx:
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
 python:
-   version: 3.7
+   version: 3.8
    install:
       - requirements: doc/requirements.txt
       - method: pip