diff --git a/docs/rtd-requirements.txt b/docs/rtd-requirements.txt
index 8e9aebc4..0238e96f 100644
--- a/docs/rtd-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/rtd-requirements.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ five.localsitemanager==2.0.5
 flake8==2.4.1
 i18ndude==3.4.0
 initgroups==2.13.0
-lxml==4.6.5
+lxml==6.1.0
 mailinglogger==3.7.0
 mccabe==0.3
 mechanize==0.2.5