diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index d2023dd4c..ebceb3c1b 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-20.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.9"
+    python: "3.11"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx: