diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0fe80a1b..684ef8fb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions = [
-    "recommonmark",
+    "myst_parser",
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
     "nbsphinx",
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index f4c8e734..72c68fb6 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ipython
+myst_parser>=0.13
 nbsphinx
 numpy
-recommonmark>=0.5.0
 Sphinx>=3.0.0
 sphinx-book-theme>=0.0.33
 sphinx_copybutton
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 02132388..f6e81b15 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "test": ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark", "typing_extensions", "cloudpickle"],
     "docs": [
         "Sphinx~=3.0",
-        "recommonmark>=0.5.0",
+        "myst_parser>=0.13",
         "sphinx_book_theme==0.38.0",
         "nbsphinx",
         "sphinx_copybutton",