diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
index 2c573541ab712f..8f8235837746e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # jinja2>=3.1 is not compatible with Sphinx<4.0
 jinja2<3.1
 sphinx_rtd_theme
-Sphinx==2.4.4
+Sphinx==3.0.4
+setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability