diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index a2d20bdeb..e91cd96a3 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sphinx-rtd-theme>=1.0.0, <2.0.0
 myst-parser>=1.0, <3.0
 sphinxcontrib-apidoc>=0.3.0, <0.5.0
 nbsphinx>=0.8.5, <0.10.0
-sphinx_design==0.5.0  # Pinning for now as sphinx_design is v.new and still in flux.
+sphinx_design==0.6.1  # Pinning for now as sphinx_design is v.new and still in flux.
 ipykernel>=5.1.0, <7.0.0 # required for executing notebooks via nbsphinx
 ipython>=7.2.0, <9.0.0 # required for executing notebooks nbsphinx
 # dependencies required for imports to work and docs to render properly (as mocking doesn't work well)