diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 3da9bc77140..95f86fe4ff2 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
+    python: "mambaforge-latest"
+    # python: "3.11"
 
 sphinx:
-   configuration: Docs/source/conf.py
+  configuration: Docs/source/conf.py
 
-python:
-   install:
-   - requirements: Docs/requirements.txt
+conda:
+  environment: Docs/conda.yml
+# python:
+#   install:
+#   - requirements: Docs/requirements.txt
 
 formats:
   - htmlzip
diff --git a/Docs/README.md b/Docs/README.md
index e6fac921b04..6d3903ab327 100644
--- a/Docs/README.md
+++ b/Docs/README.md
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ More information can be found in Docs/source/developers/documentation.rst.
 
 Install the Python requirements for compiling the documentation:
 ```
-python3 -m pip install -r Docs/requirements.txt
+cd Docs/
+python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 ### Compiling the documentation
 
-`cd` into the `Docs/` directory and type
+Still in the `Docs/` directory, type
 ```
 make html
 ```
diff --git a/Docs/conda.yml b/Docs/conda.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e23c203b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Docs/conda.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: readthedocs
+
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - nodefaults
+
+dependencies:
+  - python
+  - doxygen
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/Docs/requirements.txt b/Docs/requirements.txt
index a8c2af0e474..bc34e69cd65 100644
--- a/Docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/Docs/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # License: BSD-3-Clause-LBNL
 
 # WarpX PICMI bindings w/o C++ component (used for autoclass docs)
--e Python
+-e ../Python
 breathe
 docutils>=0.17.1
 
diff --git a/Docs/source/developers/documentation.rst b/Docs/source/developers/documentation.rst
index a5013299336..5d604bcf9b3 100644
--- a/Docs/source/developers/documentation.rst
+++ b/Docs/source/developers/documentation.rst
@@ -56,16 +56,15 @@ First, make sure you are in the root directory of WarpX's source and install the
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    python3 -m pip install -r Docs/requirements.txt
+    cd Docs/
+    python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 You will also need Doxygen (macOS: ``brew install doxygen``; Ubuntu: ``sudo apt install doxygen``).
 
-Then, to compile the documentation, use
+Still in the ``Docs/`` directory, compile the documentation via
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    cd Docs/
-
     make html
     # This will first compile the Doxygen documentation (execute doxygen)
     # and then build html pages from rst files using sphinx and breathe.